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Intel Core i3-8100 vs Intel Core i3-4100U

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-8100
Rank 2 - 45 %
Intel Core i3-4100U
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-8100
Rank 2 - 30 %
Intel Core i3-4100U
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i3-8100
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
971
Intel Core i3-4100U
2C / 4T · 1.80 GHz
432
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i3-8100
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
3,134
Intel Core i3-4100U
2C / 4T · 1.80 GHz
993
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i3-8100
Intel UHD Graphics 630
422
Intel Core i3-4100U
Intel HD Graphics 4400
320
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-8100
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
154 cb
Intel Core i3-4100U
2C / 4T · 1.80 GHz
73 cb
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-8100
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
616 cb
Intel Core i3-4100U
2C / 4T · 1.80 GHz
184 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

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Intel Core i3-8100Intel Core i3-4100U
FamilyIntel Core i3 (205)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupIntel Core i 8000 (20)Intel Core i 4000U (26)
ArchitectureCoffee Lake SHaswell U
Technology14 nm22 nm
SegmentDesktopNotebook
SocketLGA 1151-2BGA 1168
PredecessorIntel Core i3-7100
SuccessorIntel Core i3-9100

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i3-8100Intel Core i3-4100U
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 42 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 2x
Frequency: 3.60 GHz 1.80 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache
L3-Cache6.00 MB3.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i3-8100Intel Core i3-4100U
GPU nameIntel UHD Graphics 630Intel HD Graphics 4400
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.10 GHz0.20 - 1.00 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 19220 / 160
Raytracing
Max. displays33
Max. GPU Memory64 GB2 GB
Technology14 nm22 nm
Release dateQ4/2017Q2/2013

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i3-8100Intel Core i3-4100U
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i3-8100Intel Core i3-4100U
MemoryDDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
LPDDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory64 GB16 GB
Memory channels22
ECCYesNo
PCIe3.0 x 162.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s6.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i3-8100Intel Core i3-4100U
TDP65 W15 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i3-8100Intel Core i3-4100U
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Windows 11, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ4/2017Q3/2013
Release price117 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i3-8100
Intel Core i3-8100
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
Intel Core i3-4100U
Intel Core i3-4100U
2C / 4T · 1.80 GHz

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