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Intel Core i3-8100 vs Intel Pentium E5400

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-8100
Rank 2 - 38 %
Intel Pentium E5400
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-8100
Rank 2 - 21 %
Intel Pentium E5400
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i3-8100
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
971
Intel Pentium E5400
2C / 2T · 2.70 GHz
368
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 Pentium E5400
2C / 2T · 2.70 GHz
658
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 Pentium E5400
2C / 2T · 2.70 GHz
436

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At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i3-8100Intel Pentium E5400
FamilyIntel Core i3 (205)Intel Pentium (150)
CPU groupIntel Core i 8000 (20)Intel Pentium E5000/E6000 (13)
ArchitectureCoffee Lake SWolfdale (Penryn)
Technology14 nm45 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1151-2LGA 775
PredecessorIntel Core i3-7100
SuccessorIntel Core i3-9100

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i3-8100Intel Pentium E5400
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 42 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 2x Penryn
Frequency: 3.60 GHz 2.70 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache2.00 MB
L3-Cache6.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i3-8100Intel Pentium E5400
GPU nameIntel UHD Graphics 630no iGPU
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 192 /
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory64 GB
Technology14 nm
Release dateQ4/2017

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i3-8100Intel Pentium E5400
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i3-8100Intel Pentium E5400
MemoryDDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR2-800 (12.8 GB/s)
Max. Memory64 GB16 GB
Memory channels22
ECCYesNo
PCIe3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i3-8100Intel Pentium E5400
TDP65 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i3-8100Intel Pentium E5400
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, AVX2MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3
Release dateQ4/2017Q1/2009
Release price117 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

Your rating

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Intel Core i3-8100
Intel Core i3-8100
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
Intel Pentium E5400
Intel Pentium E5400
2C / 2T · 2.70 GHz

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