Intel Core i3-6100 vs Intel Xeon X3440

Core i3-6100 vs Xeon X3440 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-6100 performs better than the Xeon X3440. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon X3440 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon X3440 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-6100 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Xeon X3440. A Core i3-6100 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon X3440 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Xeon X3440 has more L2 cache than the Core i3-6100. The Xeon X3440 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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.