Core i3-9100T vs i5-8500T
Description
Both models i3-9100T 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 i3-9100T gets a score of 192.9 k points while the i5-8500T gets 251.8 k points.
Summarizing, the i5-8500T is 1.3 times faster than the i3-9100T. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
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 i3-9100T gets a score of 192.9 k points while the i5-8500T gets 251.8 k points.
Summarizing, the i5-8500T is 1.3 times faster than the i3-9100T. 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
Base frecuency
3.1 GHz
2.1 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.7 GHz
3.5 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
4/4
6/6
TDP
35 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
June 2019
March 2018
Mean monothread perf.
60.16k points
59.27k points
Mean multithread perf.
192.88k 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
i3-9100T
i5-8500T
Test#1 (Integers)
3.79k
3.56k (x0.94)
Test#2 (FP)
15.65k
14.76k (x0.94)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.59k
4.46k (x0.97)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.78k
8.72k (x1.12)
TOTAL
31.81k
31.5k (x0.99)
Multithread
i3-9100T
i5-8500T
Test#1 (Integers)
13.97k
19.37k (x1.39)
Test#2 (FP)
57.83k
82.35k (x1.42)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
17.03k
24.6k (x1.44)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.35k
2.97k (x0.68)
TOTAL
93.18k
129.29k (x1.39)
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
i3-9100T
i5-8500T
Test#1 (Integers)
13.74k
12.93k (x0.94)
Test#2 (FP)
19.7k
18.61k (x0.94)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.86k
4.76k (x0.98)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.61k
10.05k (x1.17)
TOTAL
46.91k
46.36k (x0.99)
Multithread
i3-9100T
i5-8500T
Test#1 (Integers)
50.5k
71.15k (x1.41)
Test#2 (FP)
72.58k
102.74k (x1.42)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
18.09k
26.6k (x1.47)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.28k
2.9k (x0.68)
TOTAL
145.45k
203.39k (x1.4)
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
i3-9100T
i5-8500T
Test#1 (Integers)
13.6k
12.92k (x0.95)
Test#2 (FP)
20.58k
19.47k (x0.95)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.76k
4.62k (x0.97)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.8k
9.6k (x1.09)
TOTAL
47.74k
46.6k (x0.98)
Multithread
i3-9100T
i5-8500T
Test#1 (Integers)
50.18k
71.25k (x1.42)
Test#2 (FP)
75.99k
91.16k (x1.2)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
17.66k
24.45k (x1.38)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.12k
2.85k (x0.69)
TOTAL
147.95k
189.71k (x1.28)
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
i3-9100T
i5-8500T
Test#1 (Integers)
24.89k
23.13k (x0.93)
Test#2 (FP)
21.82k
20.7k (x0.95)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.83k
4.71k (x0.98)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.63k
10.73k (x1.24)
TOTAL
60.16k
59.27k (x0.99)
Multithread
i3-9100T
i5-8500T
Test#1 (Integers)
89.4k
125.17k (x1.4)
Test#2 (FP)
81.19k
98.07k (x1.21)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
18.06k
25.57k (x1.42)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.24k
3.01k (x0.71)
TOTAL
192.88k
251.82k (x1.31)
Performance/W
i3-9100T
i5-8500T
Test#1 (Integers)
2554 points/W
3576 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
2320 points/W
2802 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
516 points/W
731 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
121 points/W
86 points/W
TOTAL
5511 points/W
7195 points/W
Performance/GHz
i3-9100T
i5-8500T
Test#1 (Integers)
6727 points/GHz
6608 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
5897 points/GHz
5914 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1304 points/GHz
1346 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
2331 points/GHz
3067 points/GHz
TOTAL
16260 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.
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]
Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]
Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]
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.
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]
Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]
Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]
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