Again we're seeing impressive gains for the Core i3-10100 over the 9100F, this time improving performance in the V-Ray benchmark by a 33% margin. That improvement is overshadowed by the fact that the 3300X is still over 20% faster.

This article evaluates Intel's Core i3-10100F desktop CPU. We evaluated Intel's Core i3-10100F and compared it to others to determine which provides the best value as a gaming CPU. We shaped our testing methodology to focus on each CPU's attributes rather than solely on benchmarks. You may want to know that the last part of the Core i3-10100 testing was carried out on the MSI B460 Mortar, but we didn't bother graphing that data as technically you've just seen the results. On this board the 10100 performs exactly like the DDR4-2666 configuration just shown. As noted earlier, this B460 board doesn't limit the 10100, and the same is true for the Core i5-10400. APIs supported by Core i3-10100 and Core i5-10400F integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included. DirectX The Night Raid 3DMark run shows just how much work AMD has put into elevating its APUs in the past several years from afterthoughts into serious contenders. Both the Ryzen 3200G and 3400G smash through this synthetic run, and provide one of the starkest examples of the limits of Intel's older UHD Graphics options in today's climate.Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i3-10100 and Core i5-10400F are enumerated here. AMD-V

When it comes to power consumption, we see that the Core i3-10100 uses slightly less power than the Ryzen 3 3100 and 3300X in this task, however you have to remember that the 3300X was 17% faster in this test, so performance per watt still goes in AMD's favor. Regardless, when talking about total system consumption of under 150 watts for a desktop PC, it doesn't matter too much.The faster memory doesn't make a huge difference for the Core i3 processor, though we are looking at a 6% improvement for the 1% low. When looking at the DDR4-3200 configuration we see that the 10100 is comparable to the Core i5-9400F which isn't unexpected, nor is the fact that it was 6% slower than the 7700K on average. A Word About B460 Motherboards, What We Learned Designed with Intel Optane memory, that can dramatically improve boot times and accelerate system performance in desktop PCs and laptops. It streamlines your computing experience by combining storage capacity and intelligent system acceleration. Interestingly, increasing the resolution which can increase CPU load in games sees the 10100 fall behind the 3300X by a 19% margin when comparing 1% low performance. Despite both having a 4-core/8-thread configuration, the 3300X manages to deliver the more consistent experience in Battlefield V and that's likely a result of featuring over twice as much L3 cache. We test CPUs using a variety of synthetic benchmarks that offer proprietary scores, as well as real-world tests using consumer apps like 7-Zip, and 3D games such as Far Cry 5. For chips at the tier of the Intel Core i3-10100, we also run several games on the IGP. Included in the charts below is a variety of like-priced competing and sibling AMD and Intel CPUs, as well as some much higher-end ones for context. CPU-Centric Tests: Four Cores Should Do More