Intel Core i3-6100T vs Intel Core i5-4590T

Core i3-6100T vs Core i5-4590T benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-4590T 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 i5-4590T 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-6100T has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-4590T. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 i3-6100T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.