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Intel Core i7-5820K vs Intel Core i3-8100

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 89 %
Intel Core i7-5820K
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-8100
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-5820K
Rank 2 - 60 %
Intel Core i3-8100
Cinebench R23 Single-Core

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i7-5820K
6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz
795 pts
Intel Core i3-8100
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
912 pts
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i7-5820K
6C / 12T · 3.40 GHz
5,700 pts
Intel Core i3-8100
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
3,618 pts
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i7-5820K
6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz
1,086
Intel Core i3-8100
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
1,265
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i7-5820K
6C / 12T · 3.40 GHz
5,763
Intel Core i3-8100
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
3,627
Cinebench R20 Single-Core

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i7-5820K
6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz
329 cb
Intel Core i3-8100
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
364 cb
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i7-5820K
6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz
923
Intel Core i3-8100
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
971
Cinebench R20 Multi-Core

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i7-5820K
6C / 12T · 3.40 GHz
2,301 cb
Intel Core i3-8100
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
1,444 cb
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i7-5820K
6C / 12T · 3.40 GHz
5,537
Intel Core i3-8100
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
3,134
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i7-5820K
6C / 12T · 3.30 GHz
2,849
Intel Core i3-8100
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
1,579
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

Intel Core i7-5820K
6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz
139 cb
Intel Core i3-8100
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
154 cb
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i7-5820K
6C / 12T · 3.40 GHz
1,085 cb
Intel Core i3-8100
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
616 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i7-5820KIntel Core i3-8100
FamilyIntel Core i7 Extreme Edition (24)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupIntel Core i 5000X (3)Intel Core i 8000 (20)
ArchitectureHaswell ECoffee Lake S
Technology22 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 2011-3LGA 1151-2
PredecessorIntel Core i7-4820KIntel Core i3-7100
SuccessorIntel Core i3-9100

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i7-5820KIntel Core i3-8100
CPU Cores / Threads6 / 124 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 6x 4x
Frequency: 3.30 GHz 3.60 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.60 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 3.40 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache15.00 MB6.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i7-5820KIntel Core i3-8100
GPU nameno iGPUIntel UHD Graphics 630
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader / 24 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory64 GB
Technology14 nm
Release dateQ4/2017

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i7-5820KIntel Core i3-8100
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i7-5820KIntel Core i3-8100
MemoryDDR4-2133 (68.2 GB/s)
DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory64 GB64 GB
Memory channels42
ECCNoYes
PCIe3.0 x 283.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth27.6 GB/s15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i7-5820KIntel Core i3-8100
TDP140 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i7-5820KIntel Core i3-8100
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ3/2014Q4/2017
Release price499 $117 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i7-5820K
Intel Core i7-5820K
6C / 12T · 3.30 - 3.60 GHz
Intel Core i3-8100
Intel Core i3-8100
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

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