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Intel logo Core i3-6100
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General information Core i3-6100 Core i7-870
Launched Q4 2015 Q3 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1151 LGA1156
Series Name Intel Core i3 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Skylake-S Lynnfield
Clock 3.7 GHz 0 % 2.9 GHz 21.6 %
Cores 2 50 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 50 % 8 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 51 W 46.3 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 68.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 3 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i3-6100 Core i7-870
Overall Score 40468 0 % 37692 6.9 %
Future Proof 50 % 0 % 14 % 72 %
Benchmark Score 2682 0 % 2018 24.8 %
Single Thread Score 2183.2 0 % 1385.4 36.5 %
Encrypting Data 1374 MB/s 70.4 % 4636.1 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 55.5 MB/s 16.4 % 66.3 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 7227.1 thousand/s 22.1 % 9282.8 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 14.1 millions/s 33.5 % 21.2 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 12659.9 millions/s 25.3 % 16940 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7750.4 millions/s 0 % 7293.7 millions/s 5.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-6100, Core i7-870.

Average frames per second Core i3-6100 Core i7-870
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 74.9 FPS 66.7 FPS
High settings 119.8 FPS 106.7 FPS
Medium settings 149.7 FPS 133.3 FPS
Low settings 187.1 FPS 166.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.9 %

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 i7-870
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 121.7 FPS 116.8 FPS
High settings 194.7 FPS 186.9 FPS
Medium settings 243.4 FPS 233.7 FPS
Low settings 304.2 FPS 292.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 4 %
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