Intel Core i3-10100 vs Intel Core i3-6006U

Core i3-10100 vs Core i3-6006U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-10100 beats the Core i3-6006U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-6006U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i3-10100 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-6006U that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-6006U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-10100 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i3-6006U. The Core i3-6006U outputs less heat than Core i3-10100 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3-10100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.