Intel Core i3-6100U vs Intel Core i5-8265U

Core i3-6100U vs Core i5-8265U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-8265U 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-8265U has significantly more cores than the Core i3-6100U. Indeed, the Core i5-8265U has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-6100U. It also has more threads than the Core i3-6100U. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-6100U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8265U. 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.