Intel Core i5-9500T vs Intel Core i3-N305

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel 8 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

3104 points
11% slightly better overall score
2781 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5158 points
17% slightly better gaming score
4373 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2485 points
9% slightly better multitasking score
2279 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2385 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score
2166 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

53.77 points
23% slightly higher Blender score
43.57 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4238 points
0.71% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4208 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1248 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1145 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz
22% slightly higher clock speed
1.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz
3.8 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
15 W
133% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
77% significantly more pcie lanes
9

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
100% significantly more memory channels
1

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
700% significantly more supported memory
16 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

524th of 1,089
573rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i5
Core i3 N-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4-3200

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-9500T vs Core i3-N305 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-9500T beats the Core i3-N305 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-N305 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i3-N305 has slightly more cores than the Core i5-9500T. Indeed, the Core i3-N305 has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-9500T. It also has more threads than the Core i5-9500T. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-9500T has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i3-N305.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core i5-9500T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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