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General information Core i3-6100 Core i3-3240
Launched Q4 2015 Q1 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1151 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i3 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Skylake-S Ivy Bridge
Clock 3.7 GHz 0 % 3.4 GHz 8.1 %
Cores 2 0 % 2 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 51 W 7.3 % 55 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 36.4 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 3 MB
1 × 3 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 530 Intel HD Graphics 2500
Performance Core i3-6100 Core i3-3240
Overall Score 40465 0 % 34981 13.6 %
Future Proof 50 % 0 % 28 % 44 %
Benchmark Score 2681 0 % 1497 44.2 %
Single Thread Score 2198.6 0 % 1771.7 19.4 %
Encrypting Data 1365 MB/s 60.2 % 3426.1 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 54.9 MB/s 0 % 45.9 MB/s 16.4 %
String objects sorting 7339.5 thousand/s 0 % 6441.1 thousand/s 12.2 %
Prime numbers generation 14 millions/s 0 % 13.1 millions/s 6.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 12549.2 millions/s 0 % 10329.9 millions/s 17.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7851.8 millions/s 0 % 5288.6 millions/s 32.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-6100, Core i3-3240.

Average frames per second Core i3-6100 Core i3-3240
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 74.9 FPS 58.6 FPS
High settings 119.9 FPS 93.8 FPS
Medium settings 149.8 FPS 117.2 FPS
Low settings 187.3 FPS 146.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 21.8 %

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 i3-6100 Core i3-3240
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 121.9 FPS 112.2 FPS
High settings 195.1 FPS 179.6 FPS
Medium settings 243.8 FPS 224.5 FPS
Low settings 304.8 FPS 280.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.9 %
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