Intel Core i3-6100U vs Intel Core i5-4200U

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i5 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

1011 points

11% slightly better overall score

903 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2003 points

13% slightly better gaming score

1763 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

752 points

10% slightly better multitasking score

678 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

722 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

654 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

17.92 points

21% slightly higher Blender score

14.77 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1530 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1358 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

741 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

691 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1545 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1401 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

753 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

732 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

2.3 GHz

43% significantly higher clock speed

1.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

Identical

15 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

32 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

16 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

944th of 1,089

984th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i3

4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i3-6100U vs Core i5-4200U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-6100U is faster than the Core i5-4200U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4200U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-6100U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4200U. 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 i3-6100U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.