i3-10100F vs i5-10510U

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Primary details

Comparing Core i5-10510U and Core i3-10100F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1161
Place by popularitynot in top-10020
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data20.95
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesComet Lakeno data
Power efficiencyno data8.02
Architecture codenameComet Lake-U (2019−2020)Comet Lake (2020)
Release dateno data12 October 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$122

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core i5-10510U and Core i3-10100F basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads88
Base clock speed1.8 GHz3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed4.8 GHz4.3 GHz
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
L1 cacheno data256 KB
L2 cacheno data1 MB
L3 cacheno data6 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data126 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-10510U and Core i3-10100F compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1
Socketno dataFCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-10510U and Core i3-10100F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Core i5-10510U and Core i3-10100F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-10510U and Core i3-10100F are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-10510U and Core i3-10100F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data41.6 GB/s

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-10510U and Core i3-10100F.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 65 Watt

i5-10510U has 333.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core i5-10510U and Core i3-10100F. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Core i5-10510U is a notebook processor while Core i3-10100F is a desktop one.


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