Intel Core i3-9100T vs Intel Core i7-8550U

Core i3-9100T vs Core i7-8550U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-8550U beats the Core i3-9100T in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i3-9100T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-8550U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-9100T has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8550U. Despite this, the Core i7-8550U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-8550U 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.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core i3-9100T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.