Intel Core i3-6100U vs Intel Core i3-3130M

Core i3-6100U vs Core i3-3130M comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-6100U is faster than the Core i3-3130M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-3130M in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-3130M has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i3-6100U. A Core i3-6100U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-3130M CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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 i3-6100U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.