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Intel Core i3-9100F vs Intel Core i5-1235U. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q2/2019
Intel Core i3-9100F
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Q1/2022
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Intel Core i5-1235U
Intel Core i5-1235U

What's the best choice Intel Core i3-9100F or Intel Core i5-1235U? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

Intel Core i3-9100F has a base frequency of 3.60 GHz. 4 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 65 W. Released in Q2/2019.

Intel Core i5-1235U has a base frequency of 1.30 GHz. 10 / 12 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 15 W. Released in Q1/2022.

Differences

  • Higher clock speed

    Around 177% better clock speed

    3.60 GHz left arrow 1.30 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i3-9100F CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    216 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    297 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    450 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    338 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    508 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    134 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    447 place
  • More number of cores

    6 more cores

    10 left arrow 4
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 5 % higher specified turbo frequency

    4.40 GHz left arrow 4.20 GHz
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    15 W left arrow 65 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i5-1235U CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    189 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Core i3-9100F Intel Core i3-9100F
Intel Core i5-1235U Intel Core i5-1235U
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • CPU group
    Intel Core i 9000 left arrow Intel Core i 1200P/1200U
  • Family
    Intel Core i3 left arrow Intel Core i5
  • Generation
    9 left arrow 12
  • Predecessor
    Intel Core i3-8100 left arrow -
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Mobile
  • Successor
    Intel Core i3-10100F left arrow -
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • A-Core
    - left arrow 2x Golden Cove
  • B-Core
    - left arrow 8x Gracemont
  • Base Frequency
    3.6 GHz left arrow 1.3 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow hybrid (big.LITTLE)
  • CPU Cores
    4 left arrow 10
  • CPU Threads
    4 left arrow 12
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    No left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    4.2 GHz left arrow 4.4 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
    3.8 GHz left arrow -
  • Turbo Frequency (10 Cores)
    - left arrow 2.5 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    None left arrow Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake)
  • DirectX Version
    - left arrow 12.1
  • Execution units
    - left arrow 80
  • Generation
    - left arrow 13
  • GPU Frequency
    - left arrow 350 MHz
  • GPU Turbo
    - left arrow 1200 MHz
  • Max. displays
    - left arrow 4
  • Max. GPU Memory
    - left arrow 64 GB
  • Release date
    - left arrow Q1/2022
  • Shader
    - left arrow 640
  • Technology
    - left arrow 10 nm
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • AV1
    No left arrow Decode
  • H.264 / AVC
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • JPEG
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    No left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    No left arrow Decode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-1235U and Intel Core i3-9100F. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
  • Max. Memory
    64 GB left arrow 64 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4-2400 left arrow DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200
  • PCIe lanes
    16 left arrow -
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow -
  • PCIe
    - left arrow 4.0 x 28
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-9100F and Intel Core i5-1235U Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    100 °C left arrow 100 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    65 W left arrow 15 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    - left arrow 55 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-9100F and Intel Core i5-1235U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Coffee Lake S Refresh left arrow Alder Lake U
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
  • L2-Cache
    - left arrow 6.5 MB
  • L3-Cache
    6 MB left arrow 12 MB
  • Release date
    Q2/2019 left arrow Q1/2022
  • Socket
    LGA 1151 left arrow BGA 1744
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 10 nm
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs
Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

Intel Core i3-9100F

Intel Core i5-1235U

More results: 2

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 9 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
Intel Core i5-1235U 1042.451763 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 9 threads / windows
System RAM: 8 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Duration: 959.277 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

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