Intel Core i3-9100T vs AMD Phenom II X6 1100T

Core i3-9100T vs Phenom II X6 1100T comparison

In our benchmarks, the Phenom II X6 1100T beats the Core i3-9100T in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i3-9100T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Phenom II X6 1100T has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i3-9100T has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-9100T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Phenom II X6 1100T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-9100T.

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 i3-9100T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.