Core i3-2100 vs Core i3-1215U comparison
In our benchmarks, the Core i3-1215U beats the Core i3-2100 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-2100 in all gaming tests too.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i3-1215U has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i3-2100 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-2100. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-2100 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1215U. The Core i3-1215U outputs less heat than Core i3-2100 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.
Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-2100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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