Intel Core i3-N300 vs Intel Core i5-10310U

Comparative analysis of Intel Core i3-N300 and Intel Core i5-10310U processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i3-N300

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 100°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 14 nm
  • 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 7 Watt vs 15 Watt
  • Around 34% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8617 vs 6445
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 Jan 2023 vs 13 May 2020
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Maximum core temperature 105°C vs 100°C
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 14 nm
L1 cache 96K (per core) vs 256 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 7 Watt vs 15 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 8617 vs 6445

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-10310U

  • Around 19% higher clock speed: 4.40 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
  • 524288x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 1048576x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2196 vs 2105
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 4.40 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
L2 cache 1 MB vs 2MB (per module)
L3 cache 6 MB vs 6MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2196 vs 2105

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core i3-N300
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-10310U

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2105
2196
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
8617
6445
Name Intel Core i3-N300 Intel Core i5-10310U
PassMark - Single thread mark 2105 2196
PassMark - CPU mark 8617 6445

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Core i3-N300 Intel Core i5-10310U

Essentials

Launch date 3 Jan 2023 13 May 2020
Launch price (MSRP) $309 $297
Place in performance rating 1145 1136
Architecture codename Comet Lake
Processor Number i5-10310U
Series 10th Generation Intel Core i5 Processors
Status Launched
Vertical segment Mobile

Performance

Base frequency 100 MHz 1.70 GHz
L1 cache 96K (per core) 256 KB
L2 cache 2MB (per module) 1 MB
L3 cache 6MB (shared) 6 MB
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 105°C 100°C
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz 4.40 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of threads 8 8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 4 GT/s

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR4, DDR5, 4800 MHz, Single-channel DDR4-2666, LPDDR3-2133, LPDDR4-2933
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 45.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size 64 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported Intel BGA 1264 FCBGA1528
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 7 Watt 15 Watt
Configurable TDP-down 10 Watt
Configurable TDP-down Frequency 800 MHz
Configurable TDP-up 25 Watt
Configurable TDP-up Frequency 2.20 GHz
Package Size 46mm x 24mm

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 3, 9 Lanes, (CPU only) 1x4, 2x2, 1x2+2x1 and 4x1
Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 3.0

Graphics

Device ID 0x9B41,0x9BCC
Execution Units 24
Graphics base frequency 300 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.15 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 32 GB
Processor graphics Intel UHD Graphics

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@24Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

Security & Reliability

Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)