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Intel Core i3-6100T vs Intel Core i5-3550S

Last updated: 2026-05-03

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i3-6100T

Rank 2 - 83 %

Intel Core i5-3550S

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 84 %

Intel Core i3-6100T

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-3550S

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.20 GHz

1,086

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

722

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.20 GHz

2,176

4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz

2,082

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

2C / 4T · 3.20 GHz

780

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

781

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

2C / 4T · 3.20 GHz

1,722

4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz

2,528

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 530

365

Intel HD Graphics 2500

110

More benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 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

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-6100T	Intel Core i5-3550S
Family	Intel Core i3 (205)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	Intel Core i 6000 (24)	Intel Core i 3000 (31)
Architecture	Skylake S	Ivy Bridge S
Technology	14 nm	22 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1151	LGA 1155
Predecessor
Successor	Intel Core i3-7100T

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i3-6100T	Intel Core i5-3550S
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 4	4 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	2x	4x
Frequency:	3.20 GHz	3.00 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):		3.70 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	3.00 MB	6.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i3-6100T	Intel Core i5-3550S
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 530	Intel HD Graphics 2500
GPU frequency	0.35 - 0.95 GHz	0.65 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	6 / 48
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	32 GB	2 GB
Technology	14 nm	22 nm
Release date	Q3/2015	Q2/2012

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-6100T	Intel Core i5-3550S
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i3-6100T	Intel Core i5-3550S
Memory	DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s) DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 GB	32 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i3-6100T	Intel Core i5-3550S
TDP	35 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i3-6100T	Intel Core i5-3550S
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release date	Q3/2015	Q2/2012
Release price	117 $	197 $
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 i3-6100T is 3.6 stars (15 ratings), while Intel Core i5-3550S has received 0 stars (0 ratings).

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Intel Core i3-6100T
2C / 4T · 3.20 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-3550S
4C / 4T · 3.00 - 3.70 GHz

★★★★★