Intel Core i3-6100U vs Intel Core i5-760

Core i3-6100U vs Core i5-760 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-760 performs better than the Core i3-6100U. 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 i5-760 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-6100U has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-760 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-6100U. A Core i3-6100U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-760 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-6100U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.