Intel Core i3-6100T vs Intel Core i5-3550

Core i3-6100T vs Core i5-3550 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-3550 beats the Core i3-6100T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-6100T in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-3550 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-6100T that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-3550 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-6100T. A Core i3-6100T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-3550 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 i3-6100T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.