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Intel Core i3-6100 vs Intel Pentium 3550M

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-6100
Rank 2 - 57 %
Intel Pentium 3550M
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-6100
Rank 2 - 41 %
Intel Pentium 3550M
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
901
Intel Pentium 3550M
2C / 2T · 2.30 GHz
517
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
2,064
Intel Pentium 3550M
2C / 2T · 2.30 GHz
1,023
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i3-6100
Intel HD Graphics 530
403
Intel Pentium 3550M
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)
176

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i3-6100Intel Pentium 3550M
FamilyIntel Core i3 (205)Intel Pentium (150)
CPU groupIntel Core i 6000 (24)Intel Pentium 3000 (8)
ArchitectureSkylake SHaswell U
Technology14 nm22 nm
SegmentDesktopNotebook
SocketLGA 1151PGA 946
Predecessor
SuccessorIntel Core i3-7100

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i3-6100Intel Pentium 3550M
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 42 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 2x
Frequency: 3.70 GHz 2.30 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache
L3-Cache3.00 MB2.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i3-6100Intel Pentium 3550M
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 530Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.05 GHz0.40 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 19210 / 80
Raytracing
Max. displays33
Max. GPU Memory32 GB2 GB
Technology14 nm22 nm
Release dateQ3/2015Q4/2012

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i3-6100Intel Pentium 3550M
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i3-6100Intel Pentium 3550M
MemoryDDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR3L-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
Max. Memory64 GB32 GB
Memory channels22
ECCYesNo
PCIe3.0 x 162.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i3-6100Intel Pentium 3550M
TDP51 W37 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i3-6100Intel Pentium 3550M
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release dateQ3/2015Q4/2013
Release price117 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i3-6100
Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
Intel Pentium 3550M
Intel Pentium 3550M
2C / 2T · 2.30 GHz

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