Intel Core i3-8100T vs Intel Core i5-4590

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i5 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

2160 points

2241 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3996 points

4060 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1646 points

1725 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1579 points

1656 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

40.04 points

44.58 points

11% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2902 points

3116 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1040 points

1106 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3124 points

3165 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1103 points

1144 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

3.3 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

139% significantly lower TDP

84 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

693rd of 1,089

674th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i3

4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May

2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i3-8100T vs Core i5-4590 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-4590 is faster than the Core i3-8100T. Despite this, the Core i3-8100T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-4590 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i3-8100T. A Core i3-8100T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4590 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. For instance, the Core i3-8100T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.