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Core i3-9100 vs i5-8500T


Description
Both models i3-9100 and i5-8500T are based on Coffee Lake architecture.

Coffee Lake is the second refinement of Intel’s 14nm (Tri-Gate) technology. While it uses LGA1151 socket, it is incompatible with previous generations due to electrical changes in socket’s pins so these CPUs require Z370 chipset. This kind of generation introduced more cores in every range to compete with new AMD’s architecture. Coffee Lake uses DDR4 memory at 2400MHz for i3 and at 2666MHz for i5, i7 CPUs plus iGPU frequency has been increased 50MHz with respect to previous generation.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i3-9100 gets a score of 229.2 k points while the i5-8500T gets 251.8 k points.

Summarizing, the i5-8500T is 1.1 times faster than the i3-9100. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906eb
906ea
Core
Coffee Lake-S
Coffee Lake-S
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
2.1 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.2 GHz
3.5 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
4/4
6/6
TDP
65 W
35 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
6x32+6x32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
6x256 kB
Cache L3
6144 kB
9216 kB
Date
April 2019
March 2018
Mean monothread perf.
66.74k points
59.27k points
Mean multithread perf.
229.2k points
251.82k points

Non-optimized benchmark
The benchmark in Mode 0 (FPU) measures cpu performance with non-optimized software. It uses the basic µinstructions from the i386 architecture with the i387 floating point unit. This mode is compatible with all CPUs so it's practical to compare very different CPUs
Monothread
i3-9100
i5-8500T
Test#1 (Integers)
4.3k
3.56k (x0.83)
Test#2 (FP)
17.79k
14.76k (x0.83)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.58k
4.46k (x0.8)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.86k
8.72k (x0.98)
TOTAL
36.53k
31.5k (x0.86)

Multithread

i3-9100

i5-8500T
Test#1 (Integers)
15.99k
19.37k (x1.21)
Test#2 (FP)
66.31k
82.35k (x1.24)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
20.75k
24.6k (x1.19)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.44k
2.97k (x0.67)
TOTAL
107.49k
129.29k (x1.2)

SSE3 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode I (SSE) is optimized for the use of SIMD instructions with 128 bits register and the SSE set up to version 3. Nearly every modern CPU has support for this mode.
Monothread
i3-9100
i5-8500T
Test#1 (Integers)
15.53k
12.93k (x0.83)
Test#2 (FP)
22.21k
18.61k (x0.84)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.79k
4.76k (x0.82)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.31k
10.05k (x1.21)
TOTAL
51.84k
46.36k (x0.89)

Multithread

i3-9100

i5-8500T
Test#1 (Integers)
58.56k
71.15k (x1.21)
Test#2 (FP)
86.17k
102.74k (x1.19)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
22.4k
26.6k (x1.19)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.55k
2.9k (x0.64)
TOTAL
171.69k
203.39k (x1.18)

AVX optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode II (AVX) is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the first version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX compatible CPU was released in 2011.
Monothread
i3-9100
i5-8500T
Test#1 (Integers)
14.81k
12.92k (x0.87)
Test#2 (FP)
22.15k
19.47k (x0.88)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.42k
4.62k (x0.85)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.8k
9.6k (x2)
TOTAL
47.17k
46.6k (x0.99)

Multithread

i3-9100

i5-8500T
Test#1 (Integers)
52.08k
71.25k (x1.37)
Test#2 (FP)
87.45k
91.16k (x1.04)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
20.98k
24.45k (x1.17)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.24k
2.85k (x0.67)
TOTAL
164.75k
189.71k (x1.15)

AVX2 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode III (AVX2), like AVX1, is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the second version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX2 compatible CPU was released in 2013.
Monothread
i3-9100
i5-8500T
Test#1 (Integers)
28.03k
23.13k (x0.83)
Test#2 (FP)
24.5k
20.7k (x0.84)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.73k
4.71k (x0.82)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.48k
10.73k (x1.27)
TOTAL
66.74k
59.27k (x0.89)

Multithread

i3-9100

i5-8500T
Test#1 (Integers)
107.5k
125.17k (x1.16)
Test#2 (FP)
95.11k
98.07k (x1.03)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
22.02k
25.57k (x1.16)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.57k
3.01k (x0.66)
TOTAL
229.2k
251.82k (x1.1)

Performance/W
i3-9100
i5-8500T
Test#1 (Integers)
1654 points/W
3576 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
1463 points/W
2802 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
339 points/W
731 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
70 points/W
86 points/W
TOTAL
3526 points/W
7195 points/W

Performance/GHz
i3-9100
i5-8500T
Test#1 (Integers)
6675 points/GHz
6608 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
5833 points/GHz
5914 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1365 points/GHz
1346 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
2018 points/GHz
3067 points/GHz
TOTAL
15891 points/GHz
16934 points/GHz

Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.

Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.

If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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