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Continental ContiSportContact 5 vs Continental ContiSportContact 3 — Compared

Relative Score (0–100): 60% professional tests, 40% owner reviews.

ContiSportContact 5 leads, 61–58 Narrow edge

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Relative Score per category, 0–100. Open “Why this score” for the tests and owner ratings behind it.

  1. 64

    Dry

    ContiSportContact 5 +1
    63
    Why this score
    SourceContiSportContact 5ContiSportContact 3
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 65 (est.)≈ 65 (est.)
    Reviews found online6361

    ContiSportContact 5: 60% × 65.5 (est.) + 40% × 62.5 = 64

    ContiSportContact 3: 60% × 64.8 (est.) + 40% × 60.8 = 63

    No road tests of dry for ContiSportContact 5. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.40).

    No road tests of dry for ContiSportContact 3. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.40).

  2. 67

    Wet

    ContiSportContact 5 +3
    64
    Why this score
    SourceContiSportContact 5ContiSportContact 3
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 68 (est.)≈ 66 (est.)
    Reviews found online6663

    ContiSportContact 5: 60% × 67.9 (est.) + 40% × 66.4 = 67

    ContiSportContact 3: 60% × 65.7 (est.) + 40% × 62.5 = 64

    No road tests of wet for ContiSportContact 5. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.56).

    No road tests of wet for ContiSportContact 3. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.56).

  3. 66

    Snow

    ContiSportContact 5 +22
    44
    Why this score
    SourceContiSportContact 5ContiSportContact 3
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 68 (est.)≈ 56 (est.)
    Reviews found online6327

    ContiSportContact 5: 60% × 67.7 (est.) + 40% × 63.3 = 66

    ContiSportContact 3: 60% × 55.8 (est.) + 40% × 27.2 = 44

    No road tests of snow for ContiSportContact 5. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.33).

    No road tests of snow for ContiSportContact 3. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.33).

  4. 63

    Comfort

    ContiSportContact 5 +2
    61
    Why this score
    SourceContiSportContact 5ContiSportContact 3
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 67 (est.)≈ 66 (est.)
    Reviews found online5753

    ContiSportContact 5: 60% × 67 (est.) + 40% × 56.8 = 63

    ContiSportContact 3: 60% × 66.3 (est.) + 40% × 52.6 = 61

    No road tests of comfort for ContiSportContact 5 or ContiSportContact 3. The test half is the tested tires’ average (69): owners’ comfort ratings barely follow the road tests.

  5. 67

    Noise

    ContiSportContact 5 +7
    60
    Why this score
    SourceContiSportContact 5ContiSportContact 3
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 67 (est.)≈ 67 (est.)
    Reviews found online6950

    ContiSportContact 5: 60% × 66.6 (est.) + 40% × 68.5 = 67

    ContiSportContact 3: 60% × 66.6 (est.) + 40% × 50.1 = 60

    No road tests of noise for ContiSportContact 5 or ContiSportContact 3. The test half is the tested tires’ average (67): owners’ noise ratings barely follow the road tests.

  6. 53

    Treadwear

    ContiSportContact 3 +3
    56
    Why this score
    SourceContiSportContact 5ContiSportContact 3
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 59 (est.)≈ 61 (est.)
    Reviews found online4549

    ContiSportContact 5: 60% × 59.2 (est.) + 40% × 44.6 = 53

    ContiSportContact 3: 60% × 60.6 (est.) + 40% × 49.4 = 56

    No road tests of treadwear for ContiSportContact 5. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.31).

    No road tests of treadwear for ContiSportContact 3. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.31).

  7. 52

    Handling

    ContiSportContact 3 +3
    55
    Why this score
    SourceContiSportContact 5ContiSportContact 3
    Reviews found online5255
Scores at a glance
CategoryContinental ContiSportContact 5Continental ContiSportContact 3
Relative Score 61 58
Dry 64 63
Wet 67 64
Snow 66 44
Comfort 63 61
Noise 67 60
Treadwear 53 56
Handling 52 55

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ContiSportContact 5

ContiSportContact 3

Specs side by side

Attribute A · Continental ContiSportContact 5 B · Continental ContiSportContact 3
CategorySummer tireSummer tire
Vehicle typePassenger Car / CrossoverPassenger Car / Crossover
Sizes available8622
Rim diameters17″ – 22″16″ – 20″
Tread depth8 - 10/32″9 - 10/32″
UTQG280 - 420 A - AA A280 A - B A
SidewallBlack Side WallBlack Side Wall
Max pressure50 - 51 psi50 - 51 psi

Which one should you actually buy?

Continental ContiSportContact 5

Continental ContiSportContact 3

Narrow edge: Continental ContiSportContact 5 — better snow, noise and wet. Pick the Continental ContiSportContact 3 if treadwear and handling matter most to you.

Pick tire A You drive through snowy winters

Continental ContiSportContact 5 scores 66 vs 44 on snow.

Pick tire A You want a quieter cabin

Continental ContiSportContact 5 scores 67 vs 60 on noise.

Pick tire A Your priority is wet-weather safety

Continental ContiSportContact 5 scores 67 vs 64 on wet.

Pick tire B You want the longest tread life

Continental ContiSportContact 3 scores 56 vs 53 on treadwear.

Tire A · Continental ContiSportContact 5
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Tire B · Continental ContiSportContact 3
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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), each result compared with every other tire in the same test and newer tests counting more. 40% comes from owner reviews found online, adjusted for how generously each site rates. Both use one scale: the average tested tire gets 70, the best 100. When a tire has only one of the two, the missing half is estimated from the other and the score stays closer to average; with no road test and fewer than five owner reviews it gets no score yet.

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

61

Narrow edge

ContiSportContact 5

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