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Intel Core i3-6100 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 255U

Last updated: 2026-07-01

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 50 %

Intel Core i3-6100

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core Ultra 7 255U

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 29 %

Intel Core i3-6100

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core Ultra 7 255U

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

1,208

12C / 14T · 5.20 GHz

2,406

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

2,355

12C / 14T · 2.00 GHz

8,160

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 530

403

Intel Iris Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Meteor Lake)

2,084

More benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-6100	Intel Core Ultra 7 255U
Family	Intel Core i3 (205)	Intel Core Ultra 7 (31)
CPU group	Intel Core i 6000 (24)	Intel Core Ultra 200U (4)
Architecture	Skylake S	Meteor Lake U Refresh
Technology	14 nm	3 nm
Segment	Desktop	Notebook
Socket	LGA 1151	BGA 2049
Predecessor		Intel Core Ultra 7 155U
Successor	Intel Core i3-7100

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i3-6100	Intel Core Ultra 7 255U
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 4	12 / 14
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	2x 3.70 GHz	2x Redwood Cove 2.00 - 5.20 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		8x Crestmont 1.70 - 4.20 GHz
Core Cluster 3:		2x Crestmont 0.70 - 2.40 GHz
L2-Cache		12.00 MB
L3-Cache	3.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i3-6100	Intel Core Ultra 7 255U
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 530	Intel Iris Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Meteor Lake)
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.05 GHz	0.60 - 2.10 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	64 / 512
Raytracing	✗	✓
Max. displays	3	4
Max. GPU Memory	32 GB	32 GB
Technology	14 nm	5 nm
Release date	Q3/2015	Q4/2023

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-6100	Intel Core Ultra 7 255U
AI hardware		Intel® AI Boost
AI specifications		Intel AI Boost @ 1.4 GHz (OpenVINO, WindowsML, DirectML, ONNX RT)
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i3-6100	Intel Core Ultra 7 255U
Memory	DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s) DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	LPDDR5X-8400 (134.4 GB/s) DDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16	4.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i3-6100	Intel Core Ultra 7 255U
TDP	51 W	15 W
TDP (PL2)		57 W
TDP up
TDP down		12 W
T. junction max.		105 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i3-6100	Intel Core Ultra 7 255U
Chip design	Monolithic	Chiplet
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q3/2015	Q1/2025
Release price	117 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i3-6100 is 3.6 stars (38 ratings), while Intel Core Ultra 7 255U has received 2.4 stars (87 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core Ultra 7 255U
12C / 14T · 2.00 - 5.20 GHz

★★★★★