Intel Core i3-10100T vs Intel Core i3-8100

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs Intel 8th Generation Core i3 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2795 points
9% slightly better overall score
2549 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4716 points
4731 points
0.32% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2245 points
15% slightly better multitasking score
1938 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2160 points
16% slightly better heavy workload score
1859 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

57.48 points
21% slightly higher Blender score
47.29 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4048 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3299 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1273 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1201 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3698 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3471 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1265 points
1267 points
0.16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
100% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
3.6 GHz
20% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed
3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
85% significantly lower TDP
65 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

585th of 1,114
634th of 1,114

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i3
8th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2017 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4-2400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i3-10100T vs Core i3-8100 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-8100 beats the Core i3-10100T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-10100T in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i3-10100T has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-8100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-10100T. Despite this, the Core i3-10100T has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-10100T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-8100 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i3-10100T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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