Intel Core i3-6100U vs Intel Core i7-860

Core i3-6100U vs Core i7-860 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-860 performs better than the Core i3-6100U. Despite this, the Core i3-6100U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-860 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-6100U. Indeed, the Core i7-860 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 i7-860 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-6100U. A Core i3-6100U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-860 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.