Intel Core i3-6100 vs Intel Core i5-7200U

Core i3-6100 vs Core i5-7200U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-6100 beats the Core i5-7200U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7200U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-6100 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-7200U. The Core i5-7200U outputs less heat than Core i3-6100 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i3-6100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.