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Intel Core i3-6100U vs Intel Core i5-3550

Last updated: 2026-06-06

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 89 %

Intel Core i3-6100U

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-3550

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 56 %

Intel Core i3-6100U

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-3550

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz

720

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

724

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz

1,643

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

2,237

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

2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz

617

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

783

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

2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz

1,360

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

2,741

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 520

384

Intel HD Graphics 2500

110

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz

643

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

1,402

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 Core i5-3550
Family	Intel Core i3 (205)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	Intel Core i 6000U (20)	Intel Core i 3000 (31)
Architecture	Skylake U	Ivy Bridge S
Technology	14 nm	22 nm
Segment	Notebook	Desktop
Socket	BGA 1356	LGA 1155
Predecessor
Successor	Intel Core i3-7100U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i3-6100U	Intel Core i5-3550
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 4	4 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	2x	4x
Frequency:	2.30 GHz	3.30 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 i3-6100U	Intel Core i5-3550
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 520	Intel HD Graphics 2500
GPU frequency	0.30 - 1.00 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 i3-6100U	Intel Core i5-3550
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i3-6100U	Intel Core i5-3550
Memory	DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s) LPDDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s) DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	32 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 12	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	11.8 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i3-6100U	Intel Core i5-3550
TDP	15 W	77 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down	7.5 W
T. junction max.	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i3-6100U	Intel Core i5-3550
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	281 $	213 $
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 Core i5-3550 has received 4.0 stars (3 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

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

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-3550
4C / 4T · 3.30 - 3.70 GHz

★★★★★