Intel Core i3-10100T vs Intel Core i7-6920HQ

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
63% significantly better overall score
1713 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4716 points
73% significantly better gaming score
2720 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2245 points
58% significantly better multitasking score
1419 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2160 points
58% significantly better heavy workload score
1360 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

57.48 points
2% slightly higher Blender score
56.11 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4048 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3551 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1273 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1105 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3698 points
3793 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1265 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1184 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
3% slightly higher clock speed
2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
Identical
3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
28% slightly lower TDP
45 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

585th of 1,114
790th of 1,114

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
DDR4-2133

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i3-10100T vs Core i7-6920HQ comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-6920HQ performs better than the Core i3-10100T. 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-10100T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6920HQ. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. A Core i3-10100T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-6920HQ CPU because of its slightly 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 i3-10100T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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