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Intel Core i3-6100U vs Intel Atom x5-E8000

Last updated: 2026-05-01

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 i3-6100U

Rank 2 - 32 %

Intel Atom x5-E8000

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i3-6100U

Rank 2 - 45 %

Intel Atom x5-E8000

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

2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz

617

4C / 4T · 2.00 GHz

198

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

2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz

1,360

4C / 4T · 1.04 GHz

689

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 520

384

Intel HD Graphics 400

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz

98 cb

4C / 4T · 2.00 GHz

27 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz

251 cb

4C / 4T · 1.04 GHz

89 cb

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

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

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-6100U	Intel Atom x5-E8000
Family	Intel Core i3 (205)	Intel Atom (108)
CPU group	Intel Core i 6000U (20)	Intel Atom x3/x5/x7 (9)
Architecture	Skylake U	Cherry Trail
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Segment	Notebook	Notebook
Socket	BGA 1356	BGA 1170
Predecessor
Successor	Intel Core i3-7100U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i3-6100U	Intel Atom x5-E8000
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 4	4 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	2x	4x
Frequency:	2.30 GHz	1.04 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):		2.00 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	3.00 MB	2.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i3-6100U	Intel Atom x5-E8000
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 520	Intel HD Graphics 400
GPU frequency	0.30 - 1.00 GHz	0.32 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	12 / 96
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	32 GB	8 GB
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Release date	Q3/2015	Q1/2015

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-6100U	Intel Atom x5-E8000
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i3-6100U	Intel Atom x5-E8000
Memory	DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s) LPDDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s) DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	8 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 12	2.0 x 4
PCIe Bandwidth	11.8 GB/s	2.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i3-6100U	Intel Atom x5-E8000
TDP	15 W	5 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down	7.5 W
T. junction max.	100 °C	90 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i3-6100U	Intel Atom x5-E8000
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release date	Q3/2015	Q1/2016
Release price	281 $	39 $
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 i3-6100U is 3.1 stars (17 ratings), while Intel Atom x5-E8000 has received 3.0 stars (3 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

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

★★★★★

Intel Atom x5-E8000
4C / 4T · 1.04 - 2.00 GHz

★★★★★