Intel Core i7-8700T vs Intel Core i3-1125G4

Core i7-8700T vs Core i3-1125G4 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-8700T performs better than the Core i3-1125G4. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-1125G4 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-8700T has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i3-1125G4 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-1125G4. The Core i3-1125G4 outputs less heat than Core i7-8700T thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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. Indeed, the Core i7-8700T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.