Intel Core i3-2100 vs Intel Core i5-650

Compare Intel Core 2 core CPU vs Intel Core 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-650

Price

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$ 49.00

$ 17.40 significantly less expensive

$ 66.40

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1270 points

25% slightly better overall score

1013 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2433 points

18% slightly better gaming score

2051 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

956 points

27% slightly better multitasking score

747 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

918 points

28% slightly better heavy workload score

716 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

15.20 points

15.60 points

2% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

990 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

908 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

475 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

458 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

947 points

0.42% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

943 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

465 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

459 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

3.1 GHz

3.2 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

12% slightly lower TDP

73 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

32 GiB

38 GiB

18% slightly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

878th of 1,089

943rd of 1,089

Family

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Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February

2010 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

Core i3-2100 vs Core i5-650 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-2100 is faster than the Core i5-650. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-650 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 i5-650 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-2100. A Core i3-2100 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-650 CPU because of its slightly 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.