Intel Core i3-9100T vs Intel Core i5-8365U

Core i3-9100T vs Core i5-8365U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-9100T beats the Core i5-8365U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8365U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i5-8365U has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-9100T has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-8365U. Despite this, the Core i5-8365U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-8365U outputs less heat than Core i3-9100T thanks to a 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 i3-9100T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.