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Intel Core i3-6100U vs Intel Atom Z550
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
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Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
1,113 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 entries
Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries
945 entries
Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries
941 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries
826 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries
837 entries
Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries
383 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Intel Core i3-6100U | Intel Atom Z550 |
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| Family | Intel Core i3 (205) | Intel Atom (108) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i 6000U (20) | Intel Atom Z500 (1) |
| Architecture | Skylake U | Silverthorne |
| Technology | 14 nm | 45 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Notebook |
| Socket | BGA 1356 | BGA 441 |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor | Intel Core i3-7100U |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Intel Core i3-6100U | Intel Atom Z550 |
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| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 4 | 1 / 1 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 2x | 1x |
| Frequency: | 2.30 GHz | 2.00 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | ||
| Turbo (All Cores): | ||
| L2-Cache | 0.50 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 3.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Intel Core i3-6100U | Intel Atom Z550 |
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| GPU name | Intel HD Graphics 520 | no iGPU |
| GPU frequency | 0.30 - 1.00 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | 24 / 192 | / |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 32 GB | |
| Technology | 14 nm | |
| Release date | Q3/2015 |
NPU AI performance
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Intel Core i3-6100U | Intel Atom Z550 |
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| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Intel Core i3-6100U | Intel Atom Z550 |
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| Memory | DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s) LPDDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s) DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s) | |
| Max. Memory | 32 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 0 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 12 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 11.8 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Intel Core i3-6100U | Intel Atom Z550 |
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| TDP | 15 W | 2.4 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 7.5 W | |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C | 90 °C |
Technical details
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Intel Core i3-6100U | Intel Atom Z550 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3 |
| Release date | Q3/2015 | Q2/2009 |
| Release price | 281 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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