Intel Core i3-10100 vs Intel Core i5-6600

Core i3-10100 vs Core i5-6600 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-10100 is faster than the Core i5-6600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6600 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i3-10100 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-10100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6600. Also, the Core i3-10100 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache and L3 cache.

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.