Intel Core i5-7500 vs Intel Core i3-10100F. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 7000 Intel Core i 10000
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Intel Core i3
• Generation
  7 10
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i5-6500 Intel Core i3-9100F
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Successor
  Intel Core i5-8500 -

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

• Base Frequency
  3.4 GHz 3.6 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  4 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.8 GHz 4.3 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3.6 GHz 4.1 GHz

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

• DirectX Version
  12 -
• Execution units
  24 -
• Generation
  9.5 -
• GPU Frequency
  350 MHz -
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 630 None
• GPU Turbo
  1100 MHz -
• Max. displays
  3 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB -
• Release date
  Q2/2016 -
• Shader
  192 -
• Technology
  14 nm -

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-10100F and Intel Core i5-7500. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 DDR4-2666
• PCIe lanes
  16 16
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-7500 and Intel Core i3-10100F 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
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 65 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-7500 and Intel Core i3-10100F, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Kaby Lake S Comet Lake S
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  6 MB 6 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2017 Q4/2020
• Socket
  LGA 1151 LGA 1200
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d