Intel Core i3-10100T vs Intel Core i5-6600K

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2795 points
1% slightly better overall score
2741 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4716 points
5066 points
7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2245 points
7% slightly better multitasking score
2091 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2160 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score
2007 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

57.48 points
3% slightly higher Blender score
55.62 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4048 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3989 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1273 points
1400 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3698 points
4043 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1265 points
1429 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
100% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
3.5 GHz
16% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
3.9 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
160% significantly lower TDP
91 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

576th of 1,096
586th of 1,096

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i3
6th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4-1866

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

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