Intel Core i5-9600KF vs Intel Core i3-10100F

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel 10th Generation Core i3 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 269.95
$ 100.00
$ 169.95 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4518 points
29% slightly better overall score
3491 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7209 points
29% slightly better gaming score
5569 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3673 points
27% slightly better multitasking score
2875 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3525 points
27% slightly better heavy workload score
2761 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4297 points
34% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
3186 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

88.50 points
15% slightly higher Blender score
76.92 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5456 points
23% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4424 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1503 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1401 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5909 points
31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4497 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1634 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1449 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
2% slightly higher clock speed
3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed
4.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
65 W
46% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
Identical
128 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

388th of 1,089
483rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i5
10th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 February
2020 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-9600KF vs Core i3-10100F specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-9600KF is faster than the Core i3-10100F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-10100F in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-9600KF has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i3-10100F has 4 cores. Despite this, the Core i3-10100F has more threads than the Core i5-9600KF. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-9600KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-10100F. Also, the Core i5-9600KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i3-10100F outputs less heat than Core i5-9600KF thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i5-9600KF has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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