Intel Core m3-8100Y Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2024-04-16

The Intel Core m3-8100Y has 2 cores with 4 threads and is based on the 8. gen of the Intel Core i3 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the BGA 1515 socket and was released in Q3/2018. The Intel Core m3-8100Y scores 763 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 1,429 points.

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Name:	Intel Core m3-8100Y
Family:	Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU group:	Intel Core M 8 (1)
Architecture:	Amber Lake Y
Segment:	Mobile
Generation:	8
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core m3-8100Y has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core m3-8100Y is 1.10 GHz (3.40 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

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

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	1.10 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	3.40 GHz
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 m3-8100Y has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core m3-8100Y uses the Intel UHD Graphics 615, which has 192 texture shaders and 24 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name:	Intel UHD Graphics 615
GPU frequency:	0.30 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	0.90 GHz
Compute units:	24
Shader:	192
Hardware Raytracing:	No
Release date:	Q4/2018

Max. displays:	3
Generation:	9.5
Direct X:	12
Technology:	14 nm
Max. GPU Memory:	8 GB
Frame Generation:	No

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	Decode / Encode
h264:	Decode / Encode
VP8:	Decode / Encode
VP9:	Decode / Encode

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

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 16 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 29.9 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

LPDDR3-1866 DDR3L-1600	29.9 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
Max. Memory:	16 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	No
PCIe:	3.0 x 10
PCIe Bandwidth:	9.9 GB/s

Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 5 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	5 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	8 W
TDP down:	4.5 W
Tjunction max.:	100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core m3-8100Y is made in 14 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 4.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology:	14 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	BGA 1515
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	4.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:

Virtualization:	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date:	Q3/2018
Release price:	281 $
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Core m3-8100Y
2C 4T @ 1.10 GHz (3.40 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Core m3-8100Y 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.


	AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	764
	Intel Core i5-4570R 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	764
	Intel Xeon E3-1230L v3 4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	764
	Intel Core m3-8100Y 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	763
	Intel Core i7-4710MQ 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	763
	Intel Core i7-4710HQ 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	763
	Intel Pentium G3450 2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz	763

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 A10-6700 4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz	1431
	Intel Core i7-2640M 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	1431
	Intel Pentium G4400T 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	1430
	Intel Core m3-8100Y 2C 4T @ 1.10 GHz	1429
	Intel Core m5-6Y54 2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz	1428
	Intel Core i3-4110M 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	1427
	Intel Core i3-4150T 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	1427

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 Xeon E5-2630 v4 10C 20T @ 3.10 GHz	1032
	Intel Xeon Gold 5118 12C 24T @ 3.20 GHz	1032
	Intel Xeon Silver 4116 12C 24T @ 3.00 GHz	1031
	Intel Core m3-8100Y 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	1028
	Intel Xeon D-2123IT 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	1028
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	1027
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	1027

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 Pentium Gold G6505T 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	1745
	AMD A10-9700 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	1744
	Intel Core i7-4510U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	1742
	Intel Core m3-8100Y 2C 4T @ 1.10 GHz	1740
	Intel Core i5-2310 4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	1740
	Intel Core i5-5350U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	1737
	Intel Core i3-4110M 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	1736

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 Core i7-3630QM 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	245
	Intel Core i5-4590T 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	243
	Intel Core i5-4210M 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	242
	Intel Core m3-8100Y 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	231
	AMD A10-9700 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	231
	Intel Core i5-3210M 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	231
	Intel Pentium G3258 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	231

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 Core i7-3667U 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	420
	Intel Core i3-2350M 2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz	419
	Intel Core m5-6Y57 2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	418
	Intel Core m3-8100Y 2C 4T @ 1.10 GHz	412
	Intel Celeron N4120 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	407
	Intel Core i3-4005U 2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz	392
	Intel Celeron N4100 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	391

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.


	Intel Core i5-5300U Intel HD Graphics 5500 @ 0.90 GHz	346
	Intel Core M-5Y51 Intel HD Graphics 5300 @ 0.90 GHz	346
	Intel Core M-5Y71 Intel HD Graphics 5300 @ 0.90 GHz	346
	Intel Core m3-8100Y Intel UHD Graphics 615 @ 0.90 GHz	346
	Intel Pentium Gold G7400TE Intel UHD Graphics 710 @ 1.35 GHz	345
	Intel Pentium Gold G7400T Intel UHD Graphics 710 @ 1.35 GHz	345
	Intel Pentium Gold G7400E Intel UHD Graphics 710 @ 1.35 GHz	345

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.


	Intel Core i5-3380M 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	2932
	Intel Core i7-3540M 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	2929
	Intel Pentium G4560T 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	2918
	Intel Core m3-8100Y 2C 4T @ 1.10 GHz	2916
	Intel Core i3-4150T 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	2916
	Intel Celeron J4105 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	2915
	MediaTek Helio P90 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	2907

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 m3-8100Y 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	93
	Intel Core i3-2100 2C 4T @ 3.10 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 Celeron G1620 2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz	180
	AMD Phenom II X2 521 2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz	177
	Intel Celeron G1840T 2C 2T @ 2.50 GHz	177
	Intel Core m3-8100Y 2C 4T @ 1.10 GHz	176
	Intel Core i3-3227U 2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz	175
	Intel Celeron G1610 2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz	174
	Intel Celeron 2970M 2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz	173

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

Cinebench R20 (SC)
656 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
604 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,026 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,392 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,106 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,101 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
942 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
938 entries

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