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Intel Core i5-5300U vs Intel Core i3-8100

Last updated: 2026-07-05

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 66 %

Intel Core i5-5300U

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i3-8100

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 47 %

Intel Core i5-5300U

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i3-8100

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 2.90 GHz

466 pts

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

912 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 2.70 GHz

1,438 pts

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

3,618 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 2.90 GHz

921

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

1,265

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 2.70 GHz

1,834

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

3,627

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 2.90 GHz

267 cb

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

364 cb

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

2C / 4T · 2.90 GHz

688

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

971

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 2.70 GHz

603 cb

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

1,444 cb

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

2C / 4T · 2.70 GHz

1,493

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

3,134

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 5500

346

Intel UHD Graphics 630

422

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 2.90 GHz

298

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

422

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz

810

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

1,579

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 2.90 GHz

112 cb

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

154 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 2.70 GHz

273 cb

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

616 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-5300U	Intel Core i3-8100
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU group	Intel Core i 5000U (16)	Intel Core i 8000 (20)
Architecture	Broadwell U	Coffee Lake S
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Segment	Notebook	Desktop
Socket	BGA 1168	LGA 1151-2
Predecessor	Intel Core i5-4300U	Intel Core i3-7100
Successor		Intel Core i3-9100

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-5300U	Intel Core i3-8100
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 4	4 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	2x	4x
Frequency:	2.30 GHz	3.60 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	2.90 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	2.70 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	3.00 MB	6.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-5300U	Intel Core i3-8100
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 5500	Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU frequency	0.30 - 0.90 GHz	0.35 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	16 GB	64 GB
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Release date	Q1/2015	Q4/2017

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-5300U	Intel Core i3-8100
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-5300U	Intel Core i3-8100
Memory	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory	16 GB	64 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	2.0 x 12	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	6.0 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i5-5300U	Intel Core i3-8100
TDP	15 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down	7.5 W
T. junction max.	105 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-5300U	Intel Core i3-8100
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q1/2015	Q4/2017
Release price		117 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

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Intel Core i5-5300U
2C / 4T · 2.30 - 2.90 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i3-8100
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

★★★★★