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Intel Core i5 1035G1 vs i3 N305

31 out of 100
Intel Core i5 1035G1
VS
31 out of 100
Intel Core i3 N305
Intel Core i5 1035G1
Intel Core i3 N305

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1 GHz Intel Core i5 1035G1 with 4-cores against the 1.8 GHz i3 N305 with 8-cores. 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
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between N305 and 1035G1
Advantages of Intel Core i5 1035G1
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • 15% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1534 vs 1339 points
Advantages of Intel Core i3 N305
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 3 years and 6 months later
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics (32EU) integrated graphics: 0.6 vs 0.5 TFLOPS

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 1035G1
vs
Core i3 N305

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Submit your benchmark results

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i5 1035G1 +15%
1534
Core i3 N305
1339
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 1035G1
3555
Core i3 N305 +48%
5277
File compression 246.9 MB/sec 447.7 MB/sec
Clang compilation 17.3 Klines/sec 41.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 97.4 pages/sec 123.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 124.7 Mpixels/sec 162.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 148.9 pages/sec 167.4 pages/sec
Background blur 21.9 images/sec 25 images/sec
Photo processing 41.2 images/sec 42.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 5.64 Mpixels/sec 7.03 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1124 & 789 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 1035G1
7142
Core i3 N305 +31%
9377
Integer math 26.3 GOps/sec 32.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 15.3 GOps/sec 21.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 19M Primes/sec 23M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 9.7M Strings/sec 13.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 4.1 GBytes/sec 7.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 79.7 MBytes/sec 111 MBytes/sec
Physics 421 Frames/sec 527 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 5.5B Matrices/sec 5.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4787 & 1152 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 1035G1
35.49
Core i3 N305 +64%
58.26

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 15.5 PPW 16.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 237 PPW 351.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 476.1 PPW 625.1 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.37 PPW 3.88 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i5 1035G1
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-18 (duckng)Geekbench 6 CPU1530 / 4445
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-22 (bingus)Geekbench 6 CPU1495 / 3495
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-15 (Adam)Geekbench 6 CPU746 / 2604
Add View all (3)
Intel Core i3 N305
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-08 (Kbzabeto82)Geekbench 6 CPU1264 / 3791
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 1035G1 and i3 N305

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released August 1, 2019 January 3, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Ice Lake Alder Lake
Model number i5-1035G1 i3-N305
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics G1 UHD Graphics (32EU)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 -
P-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (P) 1.0 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 3.6 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 8
E-Threads - 8
Base Frequency (E) - 1.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 3.9 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 8
Total Threads 8 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 10x 18x
Bus Bandwidth 4 GT/s -
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 2MB (shared)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) 6MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 15 W 9-15 W (configurable)
Socket BGA-1526 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 105Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics G1 Intel UHD Graphics (32EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1050 MHz 1250 MHz
Shading Units 256 256
TMUs 16 16
ROPs 8 8
Execution Units 32 32
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 1035G1
0.5 TFLOPS
Core i3 N305 +20%
0.6 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics Xe (32 EU) compared to Graphics G1

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-3733		 - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-4800
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 16 GB
Memory Channels 2 1
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 1035G1 official page Intel Core i3 N305 official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes - 9

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Comments

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