Intel Core i3-6100 vs Intel Core i5-4570

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

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Intel Core i5-4570

Price

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$ 70.65

$ 11.36 slightly less expensive

$ 82.01

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1570 points

2177 points

38% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3092 points

4010 points

29% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1169 points

1662 points

42% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1123 points

1595 points

42% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2255 points

2856 points

26% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

30.35 points

42.40 points

39% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2267 points

2948 points

30% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1167 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1033 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2359 points

3094 points

31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1201 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1112 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

15% slightly higher clock speed

3.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

51 W

64% significantly lower TDP

84 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

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

790th of 1,089

687th 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

2013 May

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 i5-4570 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-4570 beats the Core i3-6100 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-6100 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-4570 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-6100 has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-6100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4570. A Core i3-6100 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4570 CPU because of its 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 i3-6100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.