Intel Core i3-6100T vs Intel Core i7-8550U

Core i3-6100T vs Core i7-8550U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-8550U performs better than the Core i3-6100T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-6100T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-8550U has significantly more cores than the Core i3-6100T. Indeed, the Core i7-8550U has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-6100T. It also has more threads than the Core i3-6100T. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-6100T has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-8550U. The Core i7-8550U outputs less heat than Core i3-6100T thanks to a 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.