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Intel Core i5 10400F vs i3 13100

Intel Core i5 10400F
VS
Intel Core i3 13100
Intel Core i5 10400F
Intel Core i3 13100

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.9 GHz Intel Core i5 10400F with 6-cores against the 3.4 GHz i3 13100 with 4-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
The "iGPU" and "Power Efficiency" have a minor impact on the NanoReview Score when comparing desktop CPUs.

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 13100 and 10400F
Advantages of Intel Core i5 10400F
  • Has 2 more physical cores
Advantages of Intel Core i3 13100
  • Newer - released 2 years and 9 months later
  • Around 35.2 GB/s (85%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 56% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2282 vs 1459 points
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 10 versus 14 nanometers
  • Includes an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 730
  • 5% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.5 GHz vs 4.3 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 10400F
vs
Core i3 13100

Cinebench R23

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Core i5 10400F
1099
Core i3 13100 +52%
1673
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 10400F
7544
Core i3 13100 +14%
8628
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i5 10400F
1459
Core i3 13100 +56%
2282
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 10400F
6263
Core i3 13100 +25%
7814
File compression 452.1 MB/sec 733.3 MB/sec
Clang compilation 50.3 Klines/sec 45.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 139.6 pages/sec 175.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 190.7 Mpixels/sec 206.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 151 pages/sec 216.2 pages/sec
Background blur 33.8 images/sec 41 images/sec
Photo processing 51.9 images/sec 76.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 10.3 Mpixels/sec 10.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i5 10400F
2548
Core i3 13100 +43%
3648
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 10400F
12204
Core i3 13100 +20%
14692
Integer math 41.6 GOps/sec 43.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math 26 GOps/sec 33.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 35M Primes/sec 59M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 23.3M Strings/sec 16.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 4.2 GBytes/sec 8.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 186.7 MBytes/sec 170.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 698 Frames/sec 989 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.5B Matrices/sec 11.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]

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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 10400F and i3 13100

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released May 1, 2020 January 3, 2023
Type Desktop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Comet Lake Raptor Lake
Model number i5-10400F i3-13100
Integrated GPU No UHD Graphics 730

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 12 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.9 GHz 3.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 4.5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 4
Total Threads 12 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 29x 34x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s -
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication process 14 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 60 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 89 W
Socket LGA-1200 LGA-1700
Peak temperature 100°C 100°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics - Intel UHD Graphics 730
GPU Base Clock - 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock - 1500 MHz
Shading Units - 192
TMUs - 48
ROPs - 24
Execution Units - 24
TGP - 15 W
Max. Resolution - 3840x2160 - 60 Hz
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 10400F
n/a
Core i3 13100
0.35 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory types - DDR4-2666 - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
Memory Size 128 GB 192 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 41.6 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official site Intel Core i5 10400F official page Intel Core i3 13100 official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 20

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i3 13100 or i5 10400F?
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