Intel Core i3-10100T vs Intel Core i7-6700T

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs Intel 6th Generation Core i7 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2795 points

2% slightly better overall score

2714 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4716 points

3% slightly better gaming score

4539 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2245 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

2180 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2160 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

2087 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

57.48 points

1% slightly higher Blender score

56.88 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4048 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3628 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1273 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1154 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3698 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3579 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1265 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1206 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz

7% slightly higher clock speed

2.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

Identical

35 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

590th of 1,096

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i3

6th Generation Core i7

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

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i3-10100T vs Core i7-6700T benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-6700T beats the Core i3-10100T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-10100T in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-10100T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6700T. Also, the Core i3-10100T 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.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-10100T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.