Intel Core i3-6100T vs Intel Core i7 Q 740

Core i3-6100T vs Core i7 Q 740 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-6100T performs better than the Core i7 Q 740. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7 Q 740 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7 Q 740 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-6100T. Indeed, the Core i7 Q 740 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 Q 740.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3-6100T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.