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General information Core i5-6400 Core i3-6100
Launched Q3 2015 Q4 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1151 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Skylake-S Skylake-S
Clock 2.7 GHz 27 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 0 % 51 W 21.5 %
Maximum supported RAM 64 GB 0 % 64 GB 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 6 MB
1 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 530 Intel HD Graphics 530
Performance Core i5-6400 Core i3-6100
Overall Score 42755 0 % 40466 5.4 %
Future Proof 49 % 2 % 50 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 3342 0 % 2681 19.8 %
Single Thread Score 1960 9.8 % 2172.3 0 %
Encrypting Data 1479.6 MB/s 0 % 1369.1 MB/s 7.5 %
Compressing Data 69.7 MB/s 0 % 55.3 MB/s 20.6 %
String objects sorting 8968 thousand/s 0 % 7252.2 thousand/s 19.1 %
Prime numbers generation 25.9 millions/s 0 % 14 millions/s 46.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 13450.1 millions/s 0 % 12611.4 millions/s 6.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 11585.8 millions/s 0 % 7797.2 millions/s 32.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-6400, Core i3-6100.

Average frames per second Core i5-6400 Core i3-6100
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 81.7 FPS 74.9 FPS
High settings 130.8 FPS 119.9 FPS
Medium settings 163.4 FPS 149.8 FPS
Low settings 204.3 FPS 187.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.3 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i5-6400 Core i3-6100
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 125.9 FPS 121.9 FPS
High settings 201.5 FPS 195.0 FPS
Medium settings 251.8 FPS 243.8 FPS
Low settings 314.8 FPS 304.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.2 %
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