Core i3-10105F vs Ryzen 5 7520U

Both the Core i3-10105F and Ryzen 5 7520U share an identical 4-core/8-thread configuration. Boost clocks reach 4.4 GHz on the Core i3-10105F versus 4.3 GHz on the Ryzen 5 7520U — a 2.3% clock advantage for the Core i3-10105F (base: 3.7 GHz vs 2.8 GHz). The Core i3-10105F uses the Comet Lake-R (2021) architecture (14 nm), while the Ryzen 5 7520U uses Mendocino-U (Zen 2) (2022) (6 nm). In PassMark, the Core i3-10105F scores 8,912 against the Ryzen 5 7520U's 9,063 — a 1.7% lead for the Ryzen 5 7520U. Geekbench 6 single-core — the metric most relevant to gaming — records 1,461 vs 797, a 58.8% lead for the Core i3-10105F that directly translates to higher frame rates. Multi-core Geekbench: 4,503 vs 2,744 (48.5% advantage for the Core i3-10105F). L3 cache: 6 MB (total) on the Core i3-10105F vs 4 MB (total) on the Ryzen 5 7520U.

The Core i3-10105F uses the LGA1200 socket (PCIe 3.0), while the Ryzen 5 7520U uses FT6 (PCIe 4.0) — making them incompatible on the same motherboard. Maximum memory speed reaches DDR4-2666 on the Core i3-10105F versus LPDDR5-5500 on the Ryzen 5 7520U — the Ryzen 5 7520U supports 22.2% faster memory, which can translate to measurable gains in memory-sensitive workloads. The Core i3-10105F supports up to 128 GB of RAM compared to 16 GB — 155.6% more capacity for professional workloads. Both feature 2-channel memory with ECC support. PCIe lanes: 16 (Core i3-10105F) vs 4 (Ryzen 5 7520U) — the Core i3-10105F offers 12 more lanes for additional GPUs or NVMe drives. Chipset compatibility: LGA1200 (Core i3-10105F) and FT6 (Ryzen 5 7520U).

Neither processor supports overclocking. Virtualization support: VT-x, VT-d (Core i3-10105F) vs AMD-V (Ryzen 5 7520U). The Ryzen 5 7520U includes integrated graphics (Radeon 610M), while the Core i3-10105F requires a dedicated GPU.