Intel Core i3-6100T vs Intel Pentium Gold G5420T

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

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1166 points
2% slightly better overall score
1137 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2253 points
2% slightly better gaming score
2204 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

881 points
3% slightly better multitasking score
855 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

849 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score
821 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

23.39 points
14% slightly higher Blender score
20.35 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2088 points
50% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1388 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1054 points
55% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
679 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
0.25% slightly higher clock speed
3.19 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

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
Identical
64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

907th of 1,089
915th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i3
Pentium Gold Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August
2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866
DDR4-2400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
Yes

Core i3-6100T vs Pentium Gold G5420T comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-6100T beats the Pentium Gold G5420T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Pentium Gold G5420T in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-6100T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Pentium Gold G5420T. 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.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3-6100T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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