Intel Core i3-2100 Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-04-19

The Intel Core i3-2100 was released in Q1/2011 and has 2 cores. The processor can process 4 threads simultaneously and uses a mainboard with the socket LGA 1155. In the Geekbench 5 benchmark, the Intel Core i3-2100 achieved a result of 575 points (single-core) or 1,262 points (multi-core).

CPU lineage
In this classification you can see to which group of processors the Intel Core i3-2100 belongs. We also show the direct predecessor and successor of Intel Core i3-2100.
Name:	Intel Core i3-2100
Family:	Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU group:	Intel Core i 2000 (28)
Architecture:	Sandy Bridge S
Segment:	Desktop / Server
Generation:	2
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i3-2100 has 2 cores. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i3-2100 is 3.10 GHz. An initial performance assessment can be made using the number of CPU cores.

CPU Cores / Threads:	2 / 4
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	2x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	3.10 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	--
Turbo Frequency (2 Cores):	--

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i3-2100 has an integrated graphics that the system can use to efficiently play back videos. The Intel Core i3-2100 has the Intel HD Graphics 2000 installed, which has 6 streaming multiprocessors (48 shaders).

GPU name:	Intel HD Graphics 2000
GPU frequency:	0.85 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	1.10 GHz
Compute units:	6
Shader:	48
Hardware Raytracing:	No
Release date:	Q1/2011

Max. displays:	2
Generation:	6
Direct X:	10.1
Technology:	32 nm
Max. GPU Memory:	2 GB
Frame Generation:	No

Hardware codec support

Processors with integrated graphics can process video codecs faster. Support for modern codecs can significantly increase system efficiency during video playback.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	No
h264:	Decode / Encode
VP8:	No
VP9:	No

AV1:	No
AVC:	Decode / Encode
VC-1:	Decode
JPEG:	No

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The Intel Core i3-2100 supports a maximum of 32 GB memory. Depending on the mainboard, the processor can use a maximum of 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum bandwidth of the main memory of 21.3 GB/s.

DDR3-1333	21.3 GB/s
Max. Memory:	32 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	No
PCIe:	2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth:	8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management The Intel Core i3-2100 has a TDP of 65 W. Based on the TDP, the system manufacturer can and must adapt the cooling solution to the processor.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	65 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	--

Technical details

Modern production reduces the waste heat of a processor and increases its efficiency. The Intel Core i3-2100 is made in 32 nm and has 3.50 MB cache.

Technology:	32 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	LGA 1155
L2-Cache:	0.50 MB
L3-Cache:	3.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Linux

Virtualization:	VT-x, VT-x EPT
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release date:	Q1/2011
Release price:	120 $
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Core i3-2100
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Core i3-2100 have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

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Cinebench R15 (4 GB DDR3-1333 Dual Channel), Windows 8 Professional (64 Bit)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Pentium G2020 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	578
	Intel Core i7-960 4C 8T @ 3.46 GHz	576
	Intel Core i7-965 4C 8T @ 3.46 GHz	576
	Intel Core i3-2100 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	575
	Intel Core i7-2630QM 4C 8T @ 2.90 GHz	575
	Intel Core i3-2105 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	575
	Intel Core i3-2102 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	575

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A8-3820 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	1264
	Intel Core i7-4500U 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	1264
	AMD A10-5700 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	1263
	Intel Core i3-2100 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	1262
	Intel Celeron 7305 5C 6T @ 1.10 GHz	1262
	Intel Core i3-2102 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	1262
	Intel Core m3-6Y30 2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz	1262

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Intel Core i3-4005U 2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz	522
	Intel Core i3-4010U 2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz	522
	Intel Core i7-3517U 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	521
	Intel Core i3-2100 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	515
	Intel Core i3-2105 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	515
	Intel Core i3-2102 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	515
	Intel Core i7-2677M 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	512

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Intel Core i5-3427U 2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz	1086
	Intel Core i5-4302Y 2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	1086
	Intel Celeron G3900 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	1085
	Intel Core i3-2100 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	1082
	Intel Core i3-2102 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	1082
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz	1078
	Intel Celeron J4105 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	1078

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	MediaTek Helio X20 ARM Mali-T880 MP4 @ 0.78 GHz	106
	Intel Atom x6214RE Intel UHD Graphics 10th Gen (16 EU) @ 0.40 GHz	106
	Intel Atom x6414RE Intel UHD Graphics 10th Gen (16 EU) @ 0.40 GHz	106
	Intel Core i3-2100 Intel HD Graphics 2000 @ 1.10 GHz	106
	Intel Core i3-2115C Intel HD Graphics 2000 @ 1.10 GHz	106
	Intel Core i3-2130 Intel HD Graphics 2000 @ 1.10 GHz	106
	Intel Core i3-2120T Intel HD Graphics 2000 @ 1.10 GHz	106

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD Athlon II X4 610e 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	1857
	AMD Phenom II X4 810 4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	1850
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	1850
	Intel Core i3-2100 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	1846
	Intel Core i3-2310E 2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz	1846
	Intel Core i3-2102 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	1846
	MediaTek Helio P35 8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz	1844

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Xeon E5450 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	271
	Intel Core i3-2120 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	268
	Intel Core i5-3230M 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	254
	Intel Core i3-2100 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	253
	Intel Core2 Duo E8400 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	252
	Intel Core i5-6200U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	252
	Intel Core i5-750 4C 4T @ 2.66 GHz	251

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Core i5-5200U 2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	743
	Intel Pentium Silver N5000 4C 4T @ 1.10 GHz	740
	AMD FX-4300 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	739
	Intel Core i3-2100 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	738
	Intel Core i5-650 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	735
	Intel Core i5-3230M 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	735
	AMD A10-7850K 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	729

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A8-6600K 4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	94
	AMD FX-6300 6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz	94
	Intel Xeon E5-2640 v2 8C 16T @ 2.50 GHz	94
	Intel Core i3-2100 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	93
	Intel Core m3-8100Y 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	93
	AMD Athlon X4 845 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	93
	AMD Phenom II X6 1100T 6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz	93

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Pentium Silver N5030 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	265
	Intel Core i5-5200U 2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	264
	Intel Core i5-5250U 2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	264
	Intel Core i3-2100 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	263
	Intel Celeron J4105 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	263
	Intel Core i3-5157U 2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	263
	Intel Pentium G3460 2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz	263

Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,488 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,461 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,755 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,703 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,042 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,392 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
231 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
733 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,106 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,101 entries

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