Intel Core i3 6100 vs i3 12100
We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.7 GHz Intel Core i3 6100 with 2-cores against the 3.3 GHz i3 12100 with 4-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
The "iGPU" and "Power Efficiency" have a minor impact on the NanoReview Score when comparing desktop CPUs.
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core i3 12100
- Newer - released 6-years and 5-months later
- Has 9216 KB larger L3 cache size
- Around 42.7 GB/s (125%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Has 2 more physical cores
- Supports up to 128 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
- Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
- More modern manufacturing process – 10 versus 14 nanometers
Promotion
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | - | 645.5 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | - | 45.7 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | - | 168.4 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | - | 206.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | - | 224.1 pages/sec |
| Background blur | - | 38.2 images/sec |
| Photo processing | - | 74 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | - | 9.76 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 12.6 GOps/sec | 41 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 7.8 GOps/sec | 32 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 14M Primes/sec | 58M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 7.3M Strings/sec | 15.9M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 1.4 GBytes/sec | 8 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 56.6 MBytes/sec | 160.6 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 313 Frames/sec | 886 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 3.8B Matrices/sec | 10.8B Matrices/sec |
Value for money
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Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core i3 6100 and i3 12100General
| Vendor | Intel | Intel |
| Released | September 1, 2015 | January 4, 2022 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Skylake | Alder Lake |
| Model number | i3-6100 | i3-12100 |
| Integrated GPU | HD Graphics 530 | UHD Graphics 730 |
CPU
| P-Cores | 2 | 4 |
| P-Threads | 4 | 8 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.7 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 4.3 GHz |
| Total Cores | 2 | 4 |
| Total Threads | 4 | 8 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 37x | 33x |
| Bus Bandwidth | 8 GT/s | - |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 80K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 256K (per core) | 1280K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 3MB (shared) | 12MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Fabrication process | 14 nm | 10 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 51 W | 60 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | - | 89 W |
| Socket | LGA-1151 | LGA-1700 |
| Peak temperature | - | 100°C |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Intel HD Graphics 530 | Intel UHD Graphics 730 |
| GPU Base Clock | - | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1050 MHz | 1400 MHz |
| Shading Units | - | 192 |
| TMUs | - | 48 |
| ROPs | - | 24 |
| Execution Units | - | 24 |
| TGP | - | 15 W |
| Max. Resolution | - | 3840x2160 - 60 Hz |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory types | - DDR4-2133 - DDR3L-1600 |
- DDR5-4800 - DDR4-3200 |
| Memory Size | 64 GB | 128 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 34.1 GB/s | 76.8 GB/s |
| ECC Support | Yes | No |
Misc
| Official site | Intel Core i3 6100 official page | Intel Core i3 12100 official page |
| PCI Express Version | 3.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 16 | 20 |
| Extended instructions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2 | - |
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