Intel Core i3-8100T vs Intel Core i7-2820QM

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

2212 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3996 points

15% slightly better gaming score

3474 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1646 points

1842 points

11% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1579 points

1774 points

12% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

40.04 points

48% significantly higher Blender score

26.94 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2902 points

141% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1202 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1040 points

100% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

520 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3124 points

92% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1622 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1103 points

112% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

519 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

34% slightly higher clock speed

2.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

28% slightly lower TDP

45 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

680th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i3

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May

2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i3-8100T vs Core i7-2820QM benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-2820QM performs better than the Core i3-8100T. Despite this, the Core i3-8100T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-2820QM has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-8100T has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-2820QM. A Core i3-8100T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-2820QM CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. 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. For instance, the Core i3-8100T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.