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Intel Core i3-10320 vs Intel Core i7-10700K vs Intel Core i9-10910

Intel Core i3-10320

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The Intel Core i3-10320 is an entry level quad-core desktop processor based on the Comet Lake-S architecture (CML-S, 4th generation of Skylake). The processor clocks at between 3.8 and 4.6 GHz and can execute up to eight threads with its four cores simultaneously thanks to Hyper-Threading. 

The processor is still manufactured in the old 14nm (14nm++) process. Thanks to the free multiplicator, the CPU can also be easily overclocked (but may not have much headroom).

The Comet Lake architecture is similar to Coffee Lake and offers the same features and is produced in the same 14nm process. Other than the improved clock rates, the memory controller now also supports faster DDR4-2933 RAM. More information on Comet Lake and all the models and articles on it can be found here.

Performance

The performance is similar to the old high end Intel Core i7-7700K due to the same architecture and similar clock speeds. 

Graphics

The integrated Intel UHD Graphics 630 iGPU is supposed to offer a similar performance as the UHD630 in the Core i7-9900K. As a  low-end solution it will only run current games smoothly at reduced details - if at all.

Power Consumption

Intel specifies the TDP with 65 Watts (PL1) but under full load up to 90 Watt are consumed (PL2 for 28s).

Intel Core i7-10700K

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The Intel Core i7-10700K is a high-end desktop CPU based on the Comet Lake architecture. The CPU offers 8 cores and 16 threads clocked at 3.8 - 5.1 GHz. The TDP is rated at 125 Watt (PL1) but the PL2 is set to 229 Watt for short term boosts (up to 56 seconds).

Intel Core i9-10910

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The Intel Core i9-10910 is a high-end processor for desktops with ten cores based on the Comet Lake architecture (CML-S, 4th generation of Skylake). The processor clocks at between 3.6 and 5.0 GHz (all 10 cores up to 4.6 GHz) and can execute up to twenty threads simultaneously thanks to Hyper-Threading. The 5.0 GHz can be only achieved below 70°C core temperature (Thermal Velocity Boost of 100 MHz).

The processor is still manufactured in the old 14nm (14nm++) process. Compared to the predecessor, the Core i9-9900K, the 10900K offers increased clock speeds and two more cores.

The Comet Lake architecture is similar to Coffee Lake and offers the same features and is produced in the same 14nm process. Other than the improved clock rates, the memory controller now also supports faster DDR4-2933 RAM. More information on Comet Lake and all the models and articles on it can be found here.

Performance

Thanks to the high Turbo Boost, the CPU is the fastest gaming CPU available at the time of announcement. Using all cores, the i9 however is slower than the top Ryzen CPUs (like the Ryzen 9 3950X) which offer more cores.

Graphics

The integrated Intel UHD Graphics 630 iGPU is supposed to offer a similar performance as the UHD630 in the Core i7-9900K. As a  low-end solution it will only run current games smoothly at reduced details - if at all.

Power Consumption

Intel specifies the TDP with 125 Watts (PL1) but under full load up to 250 Watt are consumed (PL2). In default mode these 250 Watt and therefore high clock speeds can be maintained for up to 56 seconds, however, all boards offer the option to alter these settings.

ModelIntel Core i3-10320Intel Core i7-10700KIntel Core i9-10910
SeriesIntel Comet LakeIntel Comet LakeIntel Comet Lake
CodenameComet Lake-SComet LakeComet Lake-S
Series: Comet Lake Comet Lake-S
Intel Core i9-10850K3.6 - 5.2 GHz10 / 20 cores20 MB L3
Intel Core i9-109103.6 - 5 GHz10 / 20 cores20 MB L3
Intel Core i3-10320 « 3.8 - 4.6 GHz4 / 8 cores7.9 MB L3
Intel Core i3-101003.6 - 4.3 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i9-10900K3.7 - 5.3 GHz10 / 20 cores20 MB L3
Intel Core i7-10700K « 3.8 - 5.1 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i7-107002.9 - 4.8 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i5-10600K4.1 - 4.8 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-10400F2.9 - 4.3 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i3-10100F3.6 - 4.3 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i9-10850K3.6 - 5.2 GHz10 / 20 cores20 MB L3
Intel Core i9-10910 « 3.6 - 5 GHz10 / 20 cores20 MB L3
Intel Core i3-103203.8 - 4.6 GHz4 / 8 cores7.9 MB L3
Intel Core i3-101003.6 - 4.3 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Clock3800 - 4600 MHz3800 - 5100 MHz3600 - 5000 MHz
L1 Cache256 KB512 KB640 KB
L2 Cache1 MB2 MB2.5 MB
L3 Cache7.9 MB16 MB20 MB
Cores / Threads4 / 88 / 1610 / 20
TDP65 Watt125 Watt125 Watt
Technology14 nm14 nm14 nm
max. Temp.100 °C100 °C100 °C
SocketLGA 1200LGA1200LGA 1200
FeaturesHyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, Quick Sync, VirtualizationDDR4-2933 RAM, PCIe 3, 8 GT/s bus, vPro, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, VMX, SMX, SMEP, SMAP, MPX, EIST, TM1, TM2, HT, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SGXTVB, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, Quick Sync, Virtualization
iGPUIntel UHD Graphics 630 (350 - 1150 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 630 (350 - 1200 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 630
Architecturex86x86x86
$162 U.S.$400 U.S.$488 U.S.
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i3-10320
32.2 pt (45%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i7-10700K
37.8 pt (52%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i9-10910
38.8 pt (54%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
5986 Points (6%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
1185 Points (50%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
458 Points (51%)
496 Points (55%)
501 Points (56%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
2320 Points (6%)
4882 Points (12%)
5196 Points (13%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
949 Points (6%)
2027 Points (13%)
2302 Points (15%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
188 Points (57%)
208 Points (63%)
215 Points (65%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
10.5 Points (14%)
22.2 Points (29%)
25.6 Points (33%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
2.1 Points (52%)
2.4 Points (59%)
2.4 Points (61%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
7164 Points (43%)
7910 Points (48%)
8131 Points (49%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
28383 Points (21%)
50670 Points (37%)
57842 Points (42%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
64901 Points (45%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
10201 Points (12%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
85.7 s (1%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
3.2 s (1%)
wPrime 1.55 - wPrime 1.55 1024m *
243.5 s (1%)
wPrime 1.55 - wPrime 1.55 32m *
7.8 s (4%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
8469 Points (13%)
8613 Points (14%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
25864 MIPS (15%)
54050 MIPS (31%)
60747 MIPS (35%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
4899 MIPS (59%)
5647 MIPS (68%)
5690 MIPS (68%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
58.8 fps (21%)
121 fps (42%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
218 fps (50%)
269 fps (62%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
8.2 fps (14%)
16.3 fps (29%)
16.8 fps (30%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
0.5 GB/s (0%)
1 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
0.9 GB/s (16%)
2 GB/s (34%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
5.3 GB/s (14%)
11.2 GB/s (29%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
469 Seconds (3%)
217.4 Seconds (2%)
208 Seconds (1%)
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
0.6 sec (14%)
0.6 sec (12%)
0.5 sec (12%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
9911 Points (21%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
9.7 s (2%)
7.6 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
17.2 s (1%)
16.8 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
516 s (2%)
391.3 s (2%)
432.5 s (2%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
10518 Points (28%)
18064 Points (49%)
18348 Points (50%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
63063 Points (51%)
72174 Points (59%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
72375 Points (59%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
74085 Points (62%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
9675 Points (24%)
18637 Points (47%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
13564 Points (24%)
24791 Points (44%)
25520 Points (46%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
4368 Points (18%)
10963 Points (46%)
11771 Points (50%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
1217 Points (51%)
min: 1371     avg: 1374     median: 1373.5 (58%)     max: 1376 Points
1381 Points (58%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
4846 Points (9%)
min: 8911     avg: 8925     median: 8925 (16%)     max: 8939 Points
10244 Points (18%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
1368 Points (6%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
8903 Points (28%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
6247 Points (62%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
34735 Points (39%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
784 ms (1%)
747 ms (1%)
737 ms (1%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
160 ms (2%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
55976 Points (50%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
224 Points (47%)
245 Points (51%)
236 Points (49%)
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
1254 Points (48%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
115 Watt (20%)
205 Watt (35%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
96.3 Watt (18%)
207.7 Watt (38%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
9.9 Points per Watt (7%)
9.8 Points per Watt (7%)

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i3-10320 → 100% n=22

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-10700K → 150% n=22

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i9-10910 → 159% n=22

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- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
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