Intel Core i7-10610U vs Intel Core i3-1215U

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i3 6 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

2331 points
3288 points
41% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3909 points
5718 points
46% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1880 points
2595 points
38% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1798 points
2480 points
37% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

43.43 points
57.10 points
31% slightly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

4245 points
5802 points
36% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.8 GHz
49% significantly higher clock speed
1.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
11% slightly higher turbo speed
4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
Identical
15 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
20
25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
Identical
64 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB
480 KiB
87% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
4.5 MiB
350% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
10 MiB
25% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

652nd of 1,089
501st of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i7
12th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-10610U vs Core i3-1215U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-1215U is faster than the Core i7-10610U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-10610U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i3-1215U has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i7-10610U has 4 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-10610U has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i3-1215U. Also, the Core i7-10610U has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i3-1215U has more L2 cache than the Core i7-10610U. The Core i3-1215U also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i7-10610U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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