Intel Core i3-6100 vs Intel Core i5-4310M

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i5 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-4310M

Price

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$ 70.65

$ 17.39 slightly less expensive

$ 88.04

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1570 points

26% slightly better overall score

1246 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3092 points

24% slightly better gaming score

2481 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1169 points

26% slightly better multitasking score

926 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1123 points

26% slightly better heavy workload score

889 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

30.35 points

59% significantly higher Blender score

19.06 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2267 points

33% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1697 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1167 points

35% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

859 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2359 points

25% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1883 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1201 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1000 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

3.7 GHz

37% slightly higher clock speed

2.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

51 W

37 W

37% slightly lower TDP

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

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

790th of 1,089

886th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i3

4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2014 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i3-6100 vs Core i5-4310M benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-6100 beats the Core i5-4310M in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4310M in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-6100 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-4310M. The Core i5-4310M outputs less heat than Core i3-6100 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-6100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.