Intel Core i3-10100T vs AMD FX-9590

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs AMD FX 8-Core Black Edition 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

2901 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4716 points

11% slightly better gaming score

4225 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2245 points

2475 points

10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2160 points

2378 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

57.48 points

17% slightly higher Blender score

49.04 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4048 points

27% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3167 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1273 points

97% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

645 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3698 points

72% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2147 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1265 points

136% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

535 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz

4.7 GHz

56% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

5 GHz

31% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

528% significantly lower TDP

220 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

580th of 1,105

562nd of 1,105

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i3

FX 8-Core Black Edition

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i3-10100T vs FX-9590 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the FX-9590 performs better than the Core i3-10100T. Despite this, the Core i3-10100T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the FX-9590 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-10100T. Also, the FX-9590 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-10100T CPU outputs less heat than a FX-9590 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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