Intel Core i3-4100M Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i3-4100M is a 2 core processor. It can handle 4 threads simultaneously and was introduced in Q4/2013. The Intel Core i3-4100M is based on the 4. generation of the Intel Core i3 series and requires a mainboard with the socket PGA 946. The Intel Core i3-4100M scores 586 points with one CPU core in the Geekbench 5 benchmark. When using all CPU cores, the result is 1,384 points.
Intel Core i3-4100M

CPU lineage

Here you can see which group the Intel Core i3-4100M belongs to and which processor is the predecessor of the Intel Core i3-4100M.

Name: Intel Core i3-4100M
Family: Intel Core i3 (202)
CPU group: Intel Core i 4000M/4000H (38)
Architecture: Haswell H
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 4
Predecessor: --
Successor: --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The 2 CPU cores of the Intel Core i3-4100M clock with 2.50 GHz. The number of CPU cores and the clock frequency of the processor are largely responsible for the overall performance.

CPU Cores / Threads: 2 / 4
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 2x
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 2.50 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): --
Turbo Frequency (2 Cores): --

Internal Graphics

With the Intel HD Graphics 4600, the Intel Core i3-4100M has an build in graphic solution. It has 20 SM processors, which have a total of 160 texture shaders. The iGPU not only enables games, but also significantly accelerates video playback.

GPU name: Intel HD Graphics 4600
GPU frequency: 0.20 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.15 GHz
Compute units: 20
Shader: 160
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q2/2013
Max. displays: 3
Generation: 7.5
Direct X: 11.1
Technology: 22 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 2 GB
Frame Generation: No

Hardware codec support

Processors that have an integrated graphics can play videos faster and more efficiently. This can have a positive effect on the battery life of notebooks, for example.

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: Decode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i3-4100M supports up to 32 GB memory in up to 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum memory bandwidth of 25.6 GB/s.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR3-1600
25.6 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

With the TDP, the processor manufacturer specifies the cooling solution required for the processor. The Intel Core i3-4100M has a TDP of 37 W.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 37 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i3-4100M has a 3.00 MB large cache. The processor is manufactured in 22 nm. Modern production increases the efficiency of the processor.

Technology: 22 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: PGA 946
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 3.00 MB
AES-NI: Yes
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date: Q4/2013
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i3-4100M 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.


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 Xeon E5-2628L v3 Intel Xeon E5-2628L v3
10C 20T @ 2.50 GHz
588
Intel Core i7-2715QE Intel Core i7-2715QE
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
587
Intel Pentium G3220T Intel Pentium G3220T
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
587
Intel Core i3-4100M Intel Core i3-4100M
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
586
Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 5G
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
585
Intel Core i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
585
AMD FX-8370 AMD FX-8370
8C 8T @ 4.30 GHz
585

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.
Intel Pentium D1508 Intel Pentium D1508
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
1387
Intel Celeron G4900T Intel Celeron G4900T
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
1386
Intel Celeron N4100 Intel Celeron N4100
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1385
Intel Core i3-4100M Intel Core i3-4100M
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1384
HiSilicon Kirin 710 HiSilicon Kirin 710
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
1384
Intel Core i5-5250U Intel Core i5-5250U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1378
Intel Core i5-8200Y Intel Core i5-8200Y
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
1376

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.
HiSilicon Kirin 810 HiSilicon Kirin 810
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
772
Intel Celeron 6305E Intel Celeron 6305E
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
769
Intel Core m3-6Y30 Intel Core m3-6Y30
2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
769
Intel Core i3-4100M Intel Core i3-4100M
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
768
Intel Celeron 6305 Intel Celeron 6305
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
768
Intel Pentium G4560 Intel Pentium G4560
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
768
Intel Core i5-4200U Intel Core i5-4200U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
767

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 i5-4258U Intel Core i5-4258U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
1669
Intel Celeron J6412 Intel Celeron J6412
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1662
Intel Core m5-6Y54 Intel Core m5-6Y54
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
1648
Intel Core i3-4100M Intel Core i3-4100M
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1645
Intel Core i3-6100U Intel Core i3-6100U
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
1643
Intel Core i5-5250U Intel Core i5-5250U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1621
Intel Core i5-2400S Intel Core i5-2400S
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1618

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.
AMD A8-5550M AMD A8-5550M
AMD Radeon HD 8550G @ 0.72 GHz
369
AMD A8-5557M AMD A8-5557M
AMD Radeon HD 8550G @ 0.72 GHz
369
AMD A8-6500T AMD A8-6500T
AMD Radeon HD 8550D @ 0.72 GHz
369
Intel Core i3-4100M Intel Core i3-4100M
Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.15 GHz
368
Intel Core i3-4370T Intel Core i3-4370T
Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.15 GHz
368
Intel Core i3-4170T Intel Core i3-4170T
Intel HD Graphics 4400 @ 1.15 GHz
368
Intel Core i5-4200H Intel Core i5-4200H
Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.15 GHz
368

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 Phenom II X4 850 AMD Phenom II X4 850
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
2502
AMD A8-6410 AMD A8-6410
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
2501
Apple A9X Apple A9X
2C 2T @ 2.26 GHz
2501
Intel Core i3-4100M Intel Core i3-4100M
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
2500
Intel Celeron G5905T Intel Celeron G5905T
2C 2T @ 3.30 GHz
2493
Qualcomm Snapdragon 670 Qualcomm Snapdragon 670
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
2491
Intel Core i5-5250U Intel Core i5-5250U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
2488

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.
Intel Celeron G1820 Intel Celeron G1820
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz
102
Intel Pentium G2020 Intel Pentium G2020
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz
101
AMD A12-9800 AMD A12-9800
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
100
Intel Core i3-4100M Intel Core i3-4100M
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
99
Intel Core i5-760 Intel Core i5-760
4C 4T @ 3.33 GHz
99
Intel Core i5-3437U Intel Core i5-3437U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
99
Intel Core i3-3240T Intel Core i3-3240T
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
99

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.
AMD Phenom II X4 805 AMD Phenom II X4 805
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
253
AMD Phenom II X4 905e AMD Phenom II X4 905e
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
253
Intel Core i5-4360U Intel Core i5-4360U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
252
Intel Core i3-4100M Intel Core i3-4100M
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
251
Intel Core i5-L16G7 Intel Core i5-L16G7
5C 5T @ 1.80 GHz
251
Intel Pentium Gold 4415U Intel Pentium Gold 4415U
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
251
Intel Core i3-6100U Intel Core i3-6100U
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
251

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