Intel Core i3-2130 vs Intel Core i7-6498DU

Compare Intel Core 2 core CPU vs Intel 2 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

1392 points
2% slightly better overall score
1361 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2662 points
2723 points
2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1049 points
3% slightly better multitasking score
1012 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1007 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score
975 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

14.70 points
32.79 points
122% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
30% slightly higher clock speed
2.60 GHz

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

862nd of 1,119
874th of 1,119

Family

The product line

Core
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 August
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
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Core i3-2130 vs Core i7-6498DU specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-2130 performs better than the Core i7-6498DU. Despite this, the Core i7-6498DU has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-2130 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6498DU.

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 i3-2130 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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