Intel Core i5-9300H vs Intel Core i3-1315U

Core i5-9300H vs Core i3-1315U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-1315U beats the Core i5-9300H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-9300H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i3-1315U has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i5-9300H has 4 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-9300H has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i3-1315U. Despite this, the Core i3-1315U has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i5-9300H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.