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Intel Core i5 6500 vs i3 8100

26 out of 100
Intel Core i5 6500
VS
26 out of 100
Intel Core i3 8100
Intel Core i5 6500
Intel Core i3 8100

We compared two 4-core desktop CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Intel Core i5 6500 against the 3.6 GHz i3 8100. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
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
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
12.1
(Bad)
Value Index
41.0
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 8100 and 6500
Advantages of Intel Core i3 8100
  • Newer - released 2 years and 2 months later
  • Around 3.4 GB/s (10%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 6500
vs
Core i3 8100

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i5 6500 +1%
1258
Core i3 8100
1240
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 6500
3522
Core i3 8100 +5%
3692
File compression 314.4 MB/sec 296.5 MB/sec
Clang compilation 23 Klines/sec 25.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 74.2 pages/sec 75.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 106.8 Mpixels/sec 112.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 124.9 pages/sec 125.7 pages/sec
Background blur 23.4 images/sec 25.6 images/sec
Photo processing 38.5 images/sec 34 images/sec
Ray tracing 3.58 Mpixels/sec 4.46 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 559 & 788 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i5 6500
2089
Core i3 8100 +5%
2190
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 6500
5602
Core i3 8100 +8%
6060
Integer math 14.6 GOps/sec 16.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 12.4 GOps/sec 13.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 27M Primes/sec 27M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 9.3M Strings/sec 10.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 1.7 GBytes/sec 1.8 GBytes/sec
Data compression 76.2 MBytes/sec 82.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 439 Frames/sec 455 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 6.6B Matrices/sec 7.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 11940 & 4958 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 6500
43.64
Core i3 8100 +10%
48.14

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 2.8 PPW 3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 54.2 PPW 56.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 86.2 PPW 93.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 0.67 PPW 0.74 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 6500 and i3 8100

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released September 1, 2015 October 5, 2017
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Skylake Coffee Lake
Model number i5-6500 i3-8100
Integrated GPU HD Graphics 530 UHD Graphics 630
Rival Equivalent - - AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 235H -

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 3.6 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 4 4
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier 32x 28x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s 8 GT/s
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) 6MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 14 nm 14 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Socket LGA-1151 LGA-1151
Peak Temperature - 100°C
Desktop CPU ranking (192nd and 193rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel HD Graphics 530 Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU Base Clock - 350 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1050 MHz 1100 MHz
Shading Units - 192
TMUs - 24
ROPs - 3
Execution Units - 24
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 6500
n/a
Core i3 8100
0.4 TFLOPS
See: Intel UHD Graphics 630 benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-2133
- DDR3L-1600		 - DDR4-2400
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 34.1 GB/s 37.5 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 6500 official page Intel Core i3 8100 official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 16

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Total votes: 148

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Comments

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