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Intel Core i3-8100 vs Intel Core i7-2600

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-8100
Rank 2 - 74 %
Intel Core i7-2600
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-8100
Rank 2 - 87 %
Intel Core i7-2600
Cinebench R23 Single-Core

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-8100
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
912 pts
Intel Core i7-2600
4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz
759 pts
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-8100
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
3,618 pts
Intel Core i7-2600
4C / 8T · 3.40 GHz
3,289 pts
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-8100
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
1,265
Intel Core i7-2600
4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz
659
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-8100
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
3,627
Intel Core i7-2600
4C / 8T · 3.40 GHz
2,169
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 i7-2600
4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz
772
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 i7-2600
4C / 8T · 3.40 GHz
2,874
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i3-8100
Intel UHD Graphics 630
422
Intel Core i7-2600
Intel HD Graphics 2000
130
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Single-Core

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

Intel Core i3-8100
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
422
Intel Core i7-2600
4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz
337
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i3-8100
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
1,579
Intel Core i7-2600
4C / 8T · 3.40 GHz
1,658

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i3-8100Intel Core i7-2600
FamilyIntel Core i3 (205)Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU groupIntel Core i 8000 (20)Intel Core i 2000 (28)
ArchitectureCoffee Lake SSandy Bridge S
Technology14 nm32 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1151-2LGA 1155
PredecessorIntel Core i3-7100
SuccessorIntel Core i3-9100

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i3-8100Intel Core i7-2600
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 44 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 4x
Frequency: 3.60 GHz 3.40 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.80 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache1.00 MB
L3-Cache6.00 MB8.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i3-8100Intel Core i7-2600
GPU nameIntel UHD Graphics 630Intel HD Graphics 2000
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.10 GHz0.85 - 1.35 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 1926 / 48
Raytracing
Max. displays32
Max. GPU Memory64 GB2 GB
Technology14 nm32 nm
Release dateQ4/2017Q1/2011

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i3-8100Intel Core i7-2600
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i3-8100Intel Core i7-2600
MemoryDDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory64 GB32 GB
Memory channels22
ECCYesNo
PCIe3.0 x 162.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i3-8100Intel Core i7-2600
TDP65 W95 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i3-8100Intel Core i7-2600
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, AVX
Release dateQ4/2017Q1/2011
Release price117 $270 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i3-8100
Intel Core i3-8100
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
Intel Core i7-2600
Intel Core i7-2600
4C / 8T · 3.40 - 3.80 GHz

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