Intel Core i3-6100U vs Intel Core i5-4590

Core i3-6100U vs Core i5-4590 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-4590 beats the Core i3-6100U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-6100U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-4590 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-6100U has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-4590 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-6100U. A Core i3-6100U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4590 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.