Intel Core i3-6100T vs Intel Core i5-2430M

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

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Intel Core i5-2430M

Price

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$ 149.95

$ 62.02

$ 87.93 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1166 points

4% slightly better overall score

1116 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2253 points

4% slightly better gaming score

2161 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

881 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

838 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

849 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

805 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

23.39 points

34% slightly higher Blender score

17.39 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1998 points

109% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

955 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

996 points

111% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

472 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2088 points

138% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

875 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1054 points

140% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

438 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz

33% slightly higher clock speed

2.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

Identical

35 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

907th of 1,089

919th 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 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i3-6100T vs Core i5-2430M comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-6100T is faster than the Core i5-2430M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-2430M in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-6100T has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-2430M. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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