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Intel Core i5-8400B vs Intel Core i3-6100

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
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Multi-core performance
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i5-8400B
Intel UHD Graphics 630
442
Intel Core i3-6100
Intel HD Graphics 530
403

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At a glance

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Intel Core i5-8400BIntel Core i3-6100
FamilyIntel Core i5 (336)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupIntel Core i 8000 (20)Intel Core i 6000 (24)
ArchitectureCoffee Lake SSkylake S
Technology14 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketBGA 1440LGA 1151
Predecessor
SuccessorIntel Core i3-7100

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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CPU Cores / Threads6 / 62 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 6x 2x
Frequency: 2.80 GHz 3.70 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.80 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 4.00 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache9.00 MB3.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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GPU nameIntel UHD Graphics 630Intel HD Graphics 530
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.15 GHz0.35 - 1.05 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 19224 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays33
Max. GPU Memory64 GB32 GB
Technology14 nm14 nm
Release dateQ4/2017Q3/2015

NPU AI performance

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AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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MemoryDDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory64 GB64 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoYes
PCIe3.0 x 163.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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TDP65 W51 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
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T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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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 dateQ2/2018Q3/2015
Release price260 $117 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i5-8400B
Intel Core i5-8400B
6C / 6T · 2.80 - 3.80 GHz
Intel Core i3-6100
Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

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