Intel Core i3-N305 vs Intel Core i5-10400F. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Intel Core i3 Intel Core i5
• CPU group
  Intel Core i N300 Intel Core i 10000
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Generation
  13 10
• Predecessor
  -- Intel Core i5-9400F
• Successor
  -- Intel Core i5-11400F

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Overclocking
  No No
• Frequency
  1.80 GHz 2.90 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.

• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 770 no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.30 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  32
• Shader
  256
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB --
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  11
• Technology
  10 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2021

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h264
  Decode / Encode No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No
• AV1
  Decode No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-10400F and Intel Core i3-N305. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR5-5600 DDR4-2666
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2
• ECC
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-N305 and Intel Core i5-10400F to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 65 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-N305 and Intel Core i3-N305, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Technology
  10 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  BGA LGA 1200
• L2-Cache
  2.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  6.00 MB 12.00 MB
• Architecture
  Alder Lake N Comet Lake S
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• Release date
  Q4/2022 Q2/2020