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Intel Core i3-10100 vs Intel Core i5-8500B

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-10100
Rank 2 - 94 %
Intel Core i5-8500B
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 95 %
Intel Core i3-10100
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-8500B
Cinebench R23 Single-Core

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-10100
4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz
1,141 pts
Intel Core i5-8500B
6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz
1,052 pts
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-10100
4C / 8T · 4.10 GHz
5,612 pts
Intel Core i5-8500B
6C / 6T · 3.70 GHz
5,612 pts
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-10100
4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz
1,446
Intel Core i5-8500B
6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz
1,364
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-10100
4C / 8T · 4.10 GHz
4,769
Intel Core i5-8500B
6C / 6T · 3.70 GHz
5,220
Cinebench R20 Single-Core

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-10100
4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz
448 cb
Intel Core i5-8500B
6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz
403 cb
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-10100
4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz
1,135
Intel Core i5-8500B
6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz
1,086
Cinebench R20 Multi-Core

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-10100
4C / 8T · 4.10 GHz
2,284 cb
Intel Core i5-8500B
6C / 6T · 3.70 GHz
2,287 cb
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-10100
4C / 8T · 4.10 GHz
4,365
Intel Core i5-8500B
6C / 6T · 3.70 GHz
4,689
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i3-10100
Intel UHD Graphics 630
422
Intel Core i5-8500B
Intel UHD Graphics 630
442
Blender 3.1 Benchmark

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-10100
4C / 8T · 4.10 GHz
88
Intel Core i5-8500B
6C / 6T · 3.70 GHz
96
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-10100
4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz
191 cb
Intel Core i5-8500B
6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz
174 cb
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-10100
4C / 8T · 4.10 GHz
1,001 cb
Intel Core i5-8500B
6C / 6T · 3.70 GHz
934 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i3-10100Intel Core i5-8500B
FamilyIntel Core i3 (205)Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU groupIntel Core i 10000 (43)Intel Core i 8000 (20)
ArchitectureComet Lake SCoffee Lake S
Technology14 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1200BGA 1440
PredecessorIntel Core i3-9100
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i3-10100Intel Core i5-8500B
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 86 / 6
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 6x
Frequency: 3.60 GHz 3.00 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.30 GHz 4.10 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 4.10 GHz 3.70 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache6.00 MB9.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i3-10100Intel Core i5-8500B
GPU nameIntel UHD Graphics 630Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.10 GHz0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 19224 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays33
Max. GPU Memory64 GB64 GB
Technology14 nm14 nm
Release dateQ4/2017Q4/2017

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i3-10100Intel Core i5-8500B
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i3-10100Intel Core i5-8500B
MemoryDDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
Max. Memory128 GB64 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 163.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i3-10100Intel Core i5-8500B
TDP65 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i3-10100Intel Core i5-8500B
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Windows 11, LinuxWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ2/2020Q1/2018
Release price134 $190 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i3-10100
Intel Core i3-10100
4C / 8T · 3.60 - 4.30 GHz
Intel Core i5-8500B
Intel Core i5-8500B
6C / 6T · 3.00 - 4.10 GHz

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