Intel Core i5-8259U vs Intel Core i3-9100F

Core i5-8259U vs Core i3-9100F benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-9100F beats the Core i5-8259U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8259U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i5-8259U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-9100F has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8259U. Also, the Core i3-9100F has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8259U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-9100F CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache and L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-8259U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.