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Intel Core i3-6100U vs Intel Atom N2600

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-6100U
Rank 2 - 15 %
Intel Atom N2600
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-6100U
Rank 2 - 15 %
Intel Atom N2600
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i3-6100U
2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz
617
Intel Atom N2600
2C / 4T · 1.60 GHz
92
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i3-6100U
2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz
1,360
Intel Atom N2600
2C / 4T · 1.60 GHz
249
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i3-6100U
Intel HD Graphics 520
384
Intel Atom N2600
Intel GMA 3600
26

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At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i3-6100UIntel Atom N2600
FamilyIntel Core i3 (205)Intel Atom (108)
CPU groupIntel Core i 6000U (20)Intel Atom N2000 (3)
ArchitectureSkylake UCedarview
Technology14 nm32 nm
SegmentNotebookDesktop
SocketBGA 1356BGA 559
Predecessor
SuccessorIntel Core i3-7100U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i3-6100UIntel Atom N2600
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 42 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 2x
Frequency: 2.30 GHz 1.60 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache
L3-Cache3.00 MB1.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 520Intel GMA 3600
GPU frequency0.30 - 1.00 GHz0.40 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 1924 / 32
Raytracing
Max. displays32
Max. GPU Memory32 GB1 GB
Technology14 nm65 nm
Release dateQ3/2015Q4/2008

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i3-6100UIntel Atom N2600
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i3-6100UIntel Atom N2600
MemoryDDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
LPDDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (8.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory32 GB
Memory channels21
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i3-6100UIntel Atom N2600
TDP15 W3.5 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down7.5 W
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i3-6100UIntel Atom N2600
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE3
Release dateQ3/2015Q4/2011
Release price281 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i3-6100U
Intel Core i3-6100U
2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz
Intel Atom N2600
Intel Atom N2600
2C / 4T · 1.60 GHz

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