Intel Core i3-8100T vs AMD Phenom II X6 1090T

Core i3-8100T vs Phenom II X6 1090T comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Phenom II X6 1090T is faster than the Core i3-8100T. Despite this, the Core i3-8100T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Phenom II X6 1090T has significantly more cores than the Core i3-8100T. Indeed, the Phenom II X6 1090T has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i3-8100T. It also has more threads than the Core i3-8100T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Phenom II X6 1090T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-8100T. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Phenom II X6 1090T has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i3-8100T. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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.