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Intel Core i5-7600 vs Intel Core i3-6100U

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-7600
Rank 2 - 57 %
Intel Core i3-6100U
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-7600
Rank 2 - 41 %
Intel Core i3-6100U
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-7600
4C / 4T · 4.10 GHz
1,307
Intel Core i3-6100U
2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz
720
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-7600
4C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
3,719
Intel Core i3-6100U
2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz
1,643
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i5-7600
4C / 4T · 4.10 GHz
1,035
Intel Core i3-6100U
2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz
617
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i5-7600
4C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
3,339
Intel Core i3-6100U
2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz
1,360
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i5-7600
Intel HD Graphics 630
442
Intel Core i3-6100U
Intel HD Graphics 520
384
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i5-7600
4C / 4T · 3.50 GHz
1,709
Intel Core i3-6100U
2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz
643
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-7600
4C / 4T · 4.10 GHz
175 cb
Intel Core i3-6100U
2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz
98 cb
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-7600
4C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
666 cb
Intel Core i3-6100U
2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz
251 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i5-7600Intel Core i3-6100U
FamilyIntel Core i5 (336)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupIntel Core i 7000 (17)Intel Core i 6000U (20)
ArchitectureKaby Lake SSkylake U
Technology14 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopNotebook
SocketLGA 1151BGA 1356
PredecessorIntel Core i5-6600
SuccessorIntel Core i5-8600Intel Core i3-7100U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i5-7600Intel Core i3-6100U
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 42 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 2x
Frequency: 3.50 GHz 2.30 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.10 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 3.90 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache6.00 MB3.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i5-7600Intel Core i3-6100U
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 630Intel HD Graphics 520
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.15 GHz0.30 - 1.00 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 19224 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays33
Max. GPU Memory64 GB32 GB
Technology14 nm14 nm
Release dateQ2/2016Q3/2015

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i5-7600Intel Core i3-6100U
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i5-7600Intel Core i3-6100U
MemoryDDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
LPDDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory64 GB32 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 163.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i5-7600Intel Core i3-6100U
TDP65 W15 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down7.5 W
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i5-7600Intel Core i3-6100U
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ1/2017Q3/2015
Release price235 $281 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i5-7600
Intel Core i5-7600
4C / 4T · 3.50 - 4.10 GHz
Intel Core i3-6100U
Intel Core i3-6100U
2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz

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