Intel Core i3-10100 vs Intel Core i5-8500T

Core i3-10100 vs Core i5-8500T comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-10100 performs better than the Core i5-8500T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8500T in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-8500T has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i3-10100 has 4 cores. Despite this, the Core i3-10100 has more threads than the Core i5-8500T. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-10100 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8500T. Also, the Core i3-10100 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-8500T outputs less heat than Core i3-10100 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-8500T has more L2 cache than the Core i3-10100. The Core i5-8500T also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-10100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.