Intel Core i5-8279U vs Intel Core i3-9100F

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel 9th Generation Core i3 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2436 points

2834 points

16% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3645 points

5250 points

44% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2073 points

2158 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2006 points

2071 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

58.56 points

11% slightly higher Blender score

52.49 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3618 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3570 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1163 points

1346 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3733 points

3775 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1205 points

1405 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz

3.6 GHz

49% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

4.2 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W

132% significantly lower TDP

65 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

640th of 1,089

565th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i5

9th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-8279U vs Core i3-9100F benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-9100F is faster than the Core i5-8279U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8279U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i5-8279U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-9100F has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8279U. Also, the Core i3-9100F has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8279U 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.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-8279U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.