Intel Core i3-6006U vs Intel Pentium 3825U

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs Intel Pentium 3000 Series 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

793 points
3% slightly better overall score
768 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1543 points
6% slightly better gaming score
1453 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

594 points
2% slightly better multitasking score
581 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

571 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score
558 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1313 points
54% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
848 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

630 points
67% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
377 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1344 points
93% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
696 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

653 points
91% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
341 points

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

2 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed
1.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
Identical
15 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

12
Identical
12

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
16 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,031st of 1,116
1,038th of 1,116

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i3
Pentium 3000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 November
2015 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i3-6006U vs Pentium 3825U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-6006U beats the Pentium 3825U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Pentium 3825U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-6006U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Pentium 3825U. 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.

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 i3-6006U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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