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Intel Core i3-6100U vs Intel Core i7-8700

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 51 %
Intel Core i3-6100U
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-8700
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 22 %
Intel Core i3-6100U
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-8700
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-6100U
2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz
720
Intel Core i7-8700
6C / 12T · 4.60 GHz
1,459
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-6100U
2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz
1,643
Intel Core i7-8700
6C / 12T · 4.30 GHz
6,027
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i3-6100U
2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz
617
Intel Core i7-8700
6C / 12T · 4.60 GHz
1,172
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 Core i7-8700
6C / 12T · 4.30 GHz
5,891
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i3-6100U
Intel HD Graphics 520
384
Intel Core i7-8700
Intel UHD Graphics 630
442
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i3-6100U
2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz
643
Intel Core i7-8700
6C / 12T · 3.20 GHz
3,674
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-6100U
2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz
98 cb
Intel Core i7-8700
6C / 12T · 4.60 GHz
203 cb
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-6100U
2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz
251 cb
Intel Core i7-8700
6C / 12T · 4.30 GHz
1,434 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

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Intel Core i3-6100UIntel Core i7-8700
FamilyIntel Core i3 (205)Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU groupIntel Core i 6000U (20)Intel Core i 8000 (20)
ArchitectureSkylake UCoffee Lake S
Technology14 nm14 nm
SegmentNotebookDesktop
SocketBGA 1356LGA 1151-2
PredecessorIntel Core i7-7700
SuccessorIntel Core i3-7100UIntel Core i7-9700

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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CPU Cores / Threads2 / 46 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 6x
Frequency: 2.30 GHz 3.20 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.60 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 4.30 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache3.00 MB12.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 520Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU frequency0.30 - 1.00 GHz0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 19224 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays33
Max. GPU Memory32 GB64 GB
Technology14 nm14 nm
Release dateQ3/2015Q4/2017

NPU AI performance

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AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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MemoryDDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
LPDDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
Max. Memory32 GB128 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 123.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth11.8 GB/s15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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TDP15 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down7.5 W
T. junction max.100 °C100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i3-6100UIntel Core i7-8700
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ3/2015Q4/2017
Release price281 $340 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i3-6100U
Intel Core i3-6100U
2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz
Intel Core i7-8700
Intel Core i7-8700
6C / 12T · 3.20 - 4.60 GHz

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