Comparison Charts for Intel® Core™ Desktop Processor Family
About these charts
These charts contain basic features of the Intel® Core™ Desktop Processor Family and Intel® Boxed processors. If you are looking for side-by-side specification comparisons, see how to compare Intel® Processors using product specifications page (ARK). You can also find and compare technical information by watching this related video.
Compare Intel® Core™ Processors
Compare all Intel Core processors using the Excel* spreadsheets listed below. In these files, you can use the available filters to sort for generations, identifiers (i9, i7, i5, and i3), or other features.
| Note: | If your Intel® Core™ processor number ends with “H”, “HK”, “G”, “U” , “Y”,” HQ”, or “M”, then it is an Intel® mobile processor. Check comparison charts for Intel® Core™ Laptop Processor Family. |
For example: if you need to compare only i7 processors, follow these steps:
- Click the dropdown arrow in column C, Processor Number.
- In Search field, type i7, and click enter. A list of i7 processors wil be shown.
- You can filter even further and search for other features within i7 list.
Intel® Core™ 10th , 9th, 8th, 7th, 6th, 5th, 4th generations and Core-X comparison (Excel) 
Intel® Core™ 4th, 3rd,2nd, and legacy comparison (Excel)
Difference between i9, i7, i5, and i3 in 10th, 9th, 8th, and 7th Generation Intel® Core™ Desktop Processors
- 10th Generation Intel® Core™: Refer to page 6 in 10th Gen Intel® Core™ Desktop processors product brief to view the difference between i9, i7, i5, and i3.
- 9th Generation Intel® Core™: Refer to page 6 in 9th Generation Intel® Core™ Desktop processors product brief to view the difference between i7, i5, and i3.
- 8th Generation Intel® Core™: Refer to page 4 in 8th Generation Intel® Core™ Desktop processors product brief to view the difference between i7, i5, and i3.
- 7th Generation Intel® Core™: Refer to page 8 in 7th Generation Intel® Core™ Desktop processors product brief to view the difference between i7, i5, and i3.
Performance Index for Intel® Core™ Desktop Processor
- 10th Generation Intel® Core™ Desktop Processors - Performance Index
- 9th Generation Intel® Core™ Desktop Processors - Performance Index
- 8th Generation Intel® Core™ Desktop Processors - Performance Index
- 7th Generation Intel® Core™ Desktop Processors - Performance Index
