Intel Core i3-6100U vs Intel Core i7-3537U

Core i3-6100U vs Core i7-3537U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-6100U is faster than the Core i7-3537U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3537U 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 i3-6100U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-3537U. A Core i3-6100U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3537U CPU because of its slightly 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.