Intel Core i3-6100 vs Intel Core i7-2760QM

Core i3-6100 vs Core i7-2760QM benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-2760QM performs better than the Core i3-6100. 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 i7-2760QM has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-6100 has 2 cores. 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 i7-2760QM. The Core i7-2760QM 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.