Intel Core i3-6100 vs Intel Core i7-2630QM

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

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 70.65
$ 23.39 significantly less expensive
$ 94.04

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1570 points
1600 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3092 points
17% slightly better gaming score
2625 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1169 points
1298 points
11% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1123 points
1242 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

30.35 points
25% slightly higher Blender score
24.19 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2267 points
75% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1290 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1167 points
196% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
394 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2359 points
69% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1391 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1201 points
170% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
444 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
85% significantly higher clock speed
2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

51 W
45 W
13% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
300% significantly more supported memory
16 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

790th of 1,089
788th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i3
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August
2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866
DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
No

Core i3-6100 vs Core i7-2630QM specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-6100 beats the Core i7-2630QM in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2630QM in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-2630QM has significantly more cores than the Core i3-6100. Indeed, the Core i7-2630QM has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-6100. It also has more threads than the Core i3-6100. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-6100 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2630QM. The Core i7-2630QM 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.

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