Intel Core i3-6100 vs Intel Core i7-4712MQ

Core i3-6100 vs Core i7-4712MQ comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-6100 is faster than the Core i7-4712MQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4712MQ in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-4712MQ has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-6100 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-6100. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-6100 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4712MQ. The Core i7-4712MQ 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. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i3-6100 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-4712MQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4712MQ has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i3-6100.

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.