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General information Core i3-6100 Core2 Duo E6420
Launched Q4 2015 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1151 PLGA775
Series Name Intel Core i3 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Skylake-S Conroe
Clock 3.7 GHz 0 % 2.1 GHz 43.2 %
Cores 2 0 % 2 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 51 W 21.5 % 65 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 78.5 % 65 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
1 × 4 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i3-6100 Core2 Duo E6420
Overall Score 40460 0 % 26476 34.6 %
Future Proof 50 % 0 % 10 % 80 %
Benchmark Score 2680 0 % 491 81.7 %
Single Thread Score 2176.7 0 % 788.9 63.8 %
Encrypting Data 1386 MB/s 0 % 1106.2 MB/s 20.2 %
Compressing Data 55.1 MB/s 0 % 16.3 MB/s 70.5 %
String objects sorting 7196.3 thousand/s 0 % 2225.8 thousand/s 69.1 %
Prime numbers generation 14.1 millions/s 0 % 5 millions/s 64.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 12687.1 millions/s 0 % 2981.9 millions/s 76.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7751.4 millions/s 0 % 1628.9 millions/s 79 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-6100, Core2 Duo E6420.

Average frames per second Core i3-6100 Core2 Duo E6420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 74.8 FPS 35.5 FPS
High settings 119.7 FPS 56.9 FPS
Medium settings 149.7 FPS 71.1 FPS
Low settings 187.1 FPS 88.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 52.5 %

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 Core2 Duo E6420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 121.7 FPS 97.0 FPS
High settings 194.7 FPS 155.2 FPS
Medium settings 243.4 FPS 194.0 FPS
Low settings 304.2 FPS 242.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 20.3 %
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