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Part Comparison
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Bottleneck Calculator
Measure CPU and GPU balance before you buy.
Power Calculator
Estimate wattage and PSU headroom.
Will It Run?
Test your hardware against popular games.
Smart Wizard
Get a complete build plan based on budget and goals.
Build Comparison
Compare complete builds side by side.
Part Comparison
Check specs, price, and value across parts.
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Measure CPU and GPU balance before you buy.
Power Calculator
Estimate wattage and PSU headroom.
Will It Run?
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About This Product
The Intel Core i3-10100 is a 4-core, 8-thread desktop processor from Intel's 10th Gen Comet Lake series, with a base clock of 3.6 GHz and a boost clock of 4.3 GHz. It offers adequate performance for general productivity tasks, web browsing, and light gaming at 1080p when paired with a discrete GPU. While it provides a good balance for budget-conscious users, it is outperformed in multi-threaded workloads by AMD's Ryzen 3 3100 and Ryzen 3 3300X, which often offer better value in its price segment.
Performance Benchmarks
Scores are grouped by benchmark family so it is easy to compare raw speed, threaded output, and real-world value without mixing scales.
Render Workloads
Next-Gen Scale
Cross-Platform
Large Sample Pool
Value & Efficiency
These derived metrics use Cinebench R23 multi-core performance to keep the value calculation consistent across the catalog.
Performance per Watt
86.3 pts/W
Performance per Dollar
37.4 pts/$
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