Intel Core i9-10885H vs Intel Core i3-1215U

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i9 8 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

3263 points
3288 points
0.77% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4554 points
5718 points
25% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2861 points
10% slightly better multitasking score
2595 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2769 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score
2480 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

107.45 points
88% significantly higher Blender score
57.10 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

10074 points
73% significantly higher Cinebench R23 score
5802 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6775 points
37% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4916 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1587 points
1875 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6323 points
31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4826 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1482 points
1815 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
100% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
100% significantly higher clock speed
1.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz
20% slightly higher turbo speed
4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
15 W
200% significantly lower TDP

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

128 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

502nd of 1,089
501st of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i9
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

DDR4-2933
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i9-10885H vs Core i3-1215U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-10885H is faster than the Core i3-1215U. Despite this, the Core i3-1215U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-10885H has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i3-1215U has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-1215U. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-10885H has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1215U. Also, the Core i9-10885H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i3-1215U outputs less heat than Core i9-10885H thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i9-10885H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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