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Best Bench: 86% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 65% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)

Poor: 65% Great: 86%

SPEED RANK: 240^th / 1442

Gaming 80%

Battleship

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 66%

Battle cruiser

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Best Bench: 68% Base clock 4.75 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 48% Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 1.55 GHz (avg)

Poor: 48% Great: 68%

SPEED RANK: 568^th / 1442

Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 63%

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Workstation 47%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		79.9 %	Much faster effective speed. +31%		60.8 %


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	85.3 Pts	Slightly lower memory latency. +5%	81 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	120 Pts	Hugely faster single-core speed. +87%	64.3 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	229 Pts	Hugely faster dual-core speed. +88%	122 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	402 Pts	Hugely faster quad-core speed. +82%	221 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	596 Pts	Much faster octa-core speed. +75%	341 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	94.7 Pts	+3%	91.8 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	126 Pts	Much faster OC single-core speed. +72%	73.3 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	250 Pts	Much faster OC dual-core speed. +75%	143 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	444 Pts	Much faster OC quad-core speed. +75%	254 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	659 Pts	Much faster OC octa-core speed. +66%	397 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.21 %	Hugely higher market share. +600%	0.03 %
Value Value For Money	108 %	Much better value. +44%	74.9 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	90 %	Much more popular. +58%	57 %
Price Price (score)	$94	Cheaper. +28%	$130


Age Newest	47 Months	Much more recent. +66%	138 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +48%	125 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	4 cores		8 cores	Hugely higher core count. +100%
Threads CPU Processing Threads	8 threads		8 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	14 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +56%	32 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.6 GHz		4 GHz	Faster base frequency. +11%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4.3 GHz	+2%	4.2 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	664 Pts	Much faster OC 64-core speed. +62%	411 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	611 Pts	Much faster 64-core speed. +73%	353 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Comet Lake	Piledriver
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1200	AM3+
Graphics Integrated Graphics	UHD 630	None

The i3-10100 is Intel’s entry level 10th generation Comet Lake processor and represents the best value for money within the line-up. This quad-core hyper-threaded 65 Watt processor ships with a cooler and is capable of 4.3 GHz single and 4.1 GHz all core boosts. Although the i3-10100 requires a new LGA1200 motherboard, Intel have guaranteed that LGA1200 will be compatible with the next generation of Rocket Lake CPUs, expected later this year. Running at stock (2666 MHz) RAM frequency handicaps performance by as much as 15% so gamers should pair the 10100 with a Z490 motherboard. This will both open an upgrade path to higher tier "K" tier CPUs and unlock higher XMP RAM speeds (here is one of the builds from our EFps test lab). When paired with an RTX 2060S, the 10100 lags just 13% behind the i9-10900K flagship. The 10100 allows budget gamers to allocate more money towards a better GPU which often results in a stronger overall gaming system. At a retail price of $122 USD, the 10100 competes against AMD’s quad-core Ryzen 3 3300X. Game EFps and effective speed benchmarks show that the 10100’s lower memory latency gives it the edge. In addition, unlike the 3300X, the 10100 also packs integrated graphics with Quick Sync hardware encoding, which alleviates the need for desktop users to purchase a separate GPU. In order to achieve better value for money, it is necessary to consider the older generation 9100F, which, when paired with a 2060S, is 39% cheaper ($75 USD) for comparable gaming performance. ^{[Jun '20 CPUPro]}

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In terms of raw single-core performance the flagship AMD FX-8350 is lagging behind intel's processor line-up by over two generations. The PassMark Single Thread scores for the i5-2500K vs the FX-8350 are 1863 to 1520 which shows that in terms of raw per-core processing the FX-8350 is lagging the two year old i5 by 23%. Where the AMD FX makes up is on multi-core performance, with a score of 9156 vs 6745, the AMD leads the Intel 2500K by 36% making it the far more capable multi-threaded server orientated performer. The 8350 is also cheaper but significantly more power hungry which counts strongly against it as a server proposition. The FX-8350 could be a good fit for specific server use cases but for general consumer use, which is single and dual core intensive, Intel's two year old i5-2500K delivers better performance. ^{[May '13 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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