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Intel Core i3 14100F vs i3 10100F

50 out of 100
Intel Core i3 14100F
VS
33 out of 100
Intel Core i3 10100F
Intel Core i3 14100F
Intel Core i3 10100F

We compared two 4-core desktop CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Intel Core i3 14100F against the 3.6 GHz i3 10100F. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
106.1
(Excellent)
Value Index
87.6
(Very good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 10100F and 14100F
Advantages of Intel Core i3 14100F
  • Newer - released 3 years and 3 months later
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Around 35.2 GB/s (85%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 57% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2429 vs 1549 points
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 10 versus 14 nanometers
  • 9% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4.3 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i3 14100F
vs
Core i3 10100F

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 882 MB/sec 396.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation 50.7 Klines/sec 30 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 204.1 pages/sec 124.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 238.3 Mpixels/sec 155.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 240.2 pages/sec 152.7 pages/sec
Background blur 44.9 images/sec 27.5 images/sec
Photo processing 98.5 images/sec 56.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 11.9 Mpixels/sec 6.74 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 33 & 412 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i3 14100F +77%
15400
Core i3 10100F
8703
Integer math 45.3 GOps/sec 28.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 35.3 GOps/sec 17.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 61M Primes/sec 24M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 17.6M Strings/sec 16M Strings/sec
Data encryption 8.9 GBytes/sec 3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 175.9 MBytes/sec 127.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 1076 Frames/sec 553 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12B Matrices/sec 8.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 577 & 2810 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i3 14100F +39%
108.48
Core i3 10100F
78.14

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 8.6 PPW 4.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 153.1 PPW 76.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 265.5 PPW 133.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.87 PPW 1.2 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

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Intel Core i3 10100F
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📘 2026-06-29 -> sig_mayukhGeekbench 6 CPU1463 / 3842
📘 2025-09-29 (TC)Cinebench 202469 / 314
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i3 14100F and i3 10100F

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 9, 2024 October 10, 2020
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Refresh Comet Lake
Model number i3-14100F i3-10100F
Integrated GPU No No
Rival Equivalent - - AMD Ryzen 3 3100
Successor - - Intel Core i3 14100F
Intel CPU rating (#151st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (P) 3.5 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 4.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 8 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 35x 36x
Bus Bandwidth - 8 GT/s
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 6MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 14 nm
TDP (PL1) 58 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 110 W -
Socket LGA-1700 LGA-1200
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Desktop CPU ranking (106th and 167th place)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200		 - DDR4-2666
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 41.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i3 14100F official page Intel Core i3 10100F official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 16

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5 (83.3%)
1 (16.7%)
Total votes: 6

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Comments

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