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Intel Core i5-8500 vs Intel Core i3-6100

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-8500
Rank 2 - 83 %
Intel Core i3-6100
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-8500
Rank 2 - 43 %
Intel Core i3-6100
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-8500
6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz
1,364
Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
1,208
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-8500
6C / 6T · 3.70 GHz
5,297
Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
2,355
Cinebench R20 Single-Core

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-8500
6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz
403 cb
Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
368 cb
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i5-8500
6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz
1,086
Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
901
Cinebench R20 Multi-Core

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-8500
6C / 6T · 3.70 GHz
2,287 cb
Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
916 cb
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i5-8500
6C / 6T · 3.70 GHz
4,761
Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
2,064
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i5-8500
Intel UHD Graphics 630
442
Intel Core i3-6100
Intel HD Graphics 530
403
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Single-Core

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

Intel Core i5-8500
6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz
464
Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
357
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i5-8500
6C / 6T · 3.00 GHz
2,563
Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
1,045
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-8500
6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz
174 cb
Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
152 cb
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-8500
6C / 6T · 3.70 GHz
934 cb
Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
392 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i5-8500Intel 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
SocketLGA 1151-2LGA 1151
PredecessorIntel Core i5-7500
SuccessorIntel Core i5-9500Intel Core i3-7100

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i5-8500Intel Core i3-6100
CPU Cores / Threads6 / 62 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 6x 2x
Frequency: 3.00 GHz 3.70 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.10 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 3.70 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache9.00 MB3.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i5-8500Intel Core i3-6100
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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Intel Core i5-8500Intel Core i3-6100
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i5-8500Intel Core i3-6100
MemoryDDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory128 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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Intel Core i5-8500Intel Core i3-6100
TDP65 W51 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Intel Core i5-8500Intel Core i3-6100
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 dateQ1/2018Q3/2015
Release price190 $117 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i5-8500
Intel Core i5-8500
6C / 6T · 3.00 - 4.10 GHz
Intel Core i3-6100
Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

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