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Intel Core i3-6100E vs Intel Core2 Duo E4600

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-6100E
Rank 2 - 47 %
Intel Core2 Duo E4600
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-6100E
Rank 2 - 30 %
Intel Core2 Duo E4600
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i3-6100E
2C / 4T · 2.70 GHz
725
Intel Core2 Duo E4600
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
337
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i3-6100E
2C / 4T · 2.70 GHz
1,708
Intel Core2 Duo E4600
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
607

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At a glance

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Intel Core i3-6100EIntel Core2 Duo E4600
FamilyIntel Core i3 (205)Intel Core2 Duo (29)
CPU groupIntel Core i 6000U (20)Intel Core 2 Duo E4000/E6000 (15)
ArchitectureSkylake UConroe (Core)
Technology14 nm65 nm
SegmentNotebookDesktop
SocketBGA 1440LGA 775
Predecessor
SuccessorIntel Core i3-7100E

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i3-6100EIntel Core2 Duo E4600
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 42 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 2x
Frequency: 2.70 GHz 2.40 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache2.00 MB
L3-Cache3.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i3-6100EIntel Core2 Duo E4600
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 530no iGPU
GPU frequency0.35 - 0.95 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 192 /
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory32 GB
Technology14 nm
Release dateQ3/2015

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i3-6100EIntel Core2 Duo E4600
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i3-6100EIntel Core2 Duo E4600
MemoryDDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
LPDDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR2-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory64 GB16 GB
Memory channels22
ECCYesNo
PCIe3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i3-6100EIntel Core2 Duo E4600
TDP35 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i3-6100EIntel Core2 Duo E4600
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3
Release dateQ4/2015Q4/2007
Release price225 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i3-6100E
Intel Core i3-6100E
2C / 4T · 2.70 GHz
Intel Core2 Duo E4600
Intel Core2 Duo E4600
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz

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