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Continental ContiSportContact 3 vs Continental ContiSportContact 5 — Compared

Our Relative Score blends 60% objective test data with 40% owner-review signal — so any two tires can be compared even if they were never tested on the same day.

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VerdictWinner: Continental ContiSportContact 3 — better treadwear, wet and dry. It leads or ties in every category we score.
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Category breakdown

6 categories, side by side

Each bar is the Relative Score for that category. Expand a tile to see the test results and owner ratings behind it.

Dry

Weight: Neutral
Score (0–100) ContiSportContact 3 leads by 4
A
87
B
83
Why this score
SourceContiSportContact 3ContiSportContact 5
Tire Rack owners 87 87
SimpleTire owners – 99

Wet

Weight: Important
Score (0–100) ContiSportContact 3 leads by 5
A
79
B
74
Why this score
SourceContiSportContact 3ContiSportContact 5
Tire Rack owners 78 81
SimpleTire owners – 98

Comfort

Weight: Neutral
Score (0–100) ContiSportContact 3 leads by 1
A
75
B
74
Why this score
SourceContiSportContact 3ContiSportContact 5
Tire Rack owners 75 80
SimpleTire owners – 97

Noise

Weight: Neutral
Score (0–100) ContiSportContact 5 leads by 1
A
71
B
72
Why this score
SourceContiSportContact 3ContiSportContact 5
SimpleTire owners – 98

Treadwear

Weight: Important
Score (0–100) ContiSportContact 3 leads by 17
A
62
B
45
Why this score
SourceContiSportContact 3ContiSportContact 5
Tire Rack owners 62 56
SimpleTire owners – 92

Handling

Weight: Neutral
Score (0–100) ContiSportContact 3 leads by 2
A
85
B
83

Scores at a glance

CategoryContinental ContiSportContact 3Continental ContiSportContact 5
Relative Score 75 69
Dry 87 83
Wet 79 74
Comfort 75 74
Noise 71 72
Treadwear 62 45
Handling 85 83

Higher is better. The Relative Score follows your weights below; category scores do not change.

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Tire A

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Specifications

Specs side by side

Attribute A · Continental ContiSportContact 3 B · Continental ContiSportContact 5
Sizes available130
Rim diameters18″17″ – 22″
Tread depth9 - 10/32″8 - 10/32″
UTQG280 A - B A280 - 420 A - AA A
SidewallBlack Side WallBlack Side Wall
Max pressure50 - 51 psi50 - 51 psi
Final verdict

Which one should you actually buy?

Continental

Continental

Winner: Continental ContiSportContact 3 — better treadwear, wet and dry. It leads or ties in every category we score.

Pick tire A You want the longest tread life

Continental ContiSportContact 3 scores 62 vs 45 on treadwear.

Pick tire A Your priority is wet-weather safety

Continental ContiSportContact 3 scores 79 vs 74 on wet.

Pick tire A You want the most grip on dry roads

Continental ContiSportContact 3 scores 87 vs 83 on dry.

Tire A · Continental ContiSportContact 3
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Tire B · Continental ContiSportContact 5
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How do we compare tires?

Every category score blends two independent signals. 60% comes from professional tire tests (braking distances, lap times, noise measurements) normalized against the best tire in each test and weighted toward recent tests. 40% comes from thousands of owner reviews collected from retailers and review sites. When a tire has only one of the two, we use what exists and say so.

Community buzz from Reddit and forums is shown for context only — it never changes the score.