Intel Core i5-8500T vs Intel Core i3-10100F

Core i5-8500T vs Core i3-10100F benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-10100F beats the Core i5-8500T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8500T in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-8500T has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i3-10100F has 4 cores. Despite this, the Core i3-10100F has more threads than the Core i5-8500T. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-10100F has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8500T. Also, the Core i3-10100F has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8500T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-10100F CPU because of its 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 i5-8500T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.