Intel Core i3-10100 vs Intel Core i7-8700T

Core i3-10100 vs Core i7-8700T specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-8700T is faster than the Core i3-10100. Despite this, the Core i3-10100 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-8700T has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i3-10100 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-10100. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-10100 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8700T. Also, the Core i3-10100 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-8700T 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. In terms of cache, the Core i7-8700T has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i3-10100. The Core i7-8700T also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-10100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.