Intel Core i3-10100 vs Intel Core i5-3450S. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 10000 Intel Core i 3000
• Family
  Intel Core i3 Intel Core i5
• Generation
  10 3
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i3-9100 -
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server

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

• Base Frequency
  3.6 GHz 2.8 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  8 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.3 GHz 3.5 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  4.1 GHz No turbo

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 11.0
• Execution units
  24 6
• Generation
  9.5 7
• GPU Frequency
  350 MHz 650 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel HD Graphics 2500
• GPU Turbo
  1100 MHz 1100 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB -
• Release date
  Q4/2017 Q2/2012
• Shader
  192 48
• Technology
  14 nm 22 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-3450S and Intel Core i3-10100. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 32 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2666 DDR3-1600
• PCIe lanes
  16 16
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-10100 and Intel Core i5-3450S 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 i3-10100 and Intel Core i5-3450S, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Comet Lake S Ivy Bridge S
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  6 MB 6 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2020 Q2/2012
• Socket
  LGA 1200 LGA 1155
• Technology
  14 nm 22 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d