Intel Core i3-8100T vs Intel Core i5-7600K

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs Intel 7th 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

2899 points

34% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3996 points

5366 points

34% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1646 points

2207 points

34% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1579 points

2115 points

33% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

40.04 points

61.33 points

53% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2902 points

4236 points

45% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1040 points

1491 points

43% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3124 points

4238 points

35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1103 points

1522 points

37% 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

3.8 GHz

22% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

160% significantly lower TDP

91 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

Identical

64 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB

Identical

256 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB

Identical

1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

6 MiB

Identical

6 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

693rd of 1,089

553rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i3

7th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May

2017 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400

DDR4-2133

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i3-8100T vs Core i5-7600K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-7600K beats the Core i3-8100T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-8100T in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-7600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-8100T. A Core i3-8100T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-7600K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache and L3 cache.

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. For instance, the Core i3-8100T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.