Intel Core i3-6100U vs Intel N95

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs Intel 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1011 points
1557 points
54% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2003 points
2948 points
47% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

752 points
1179 points
56% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

722 points
1131 points
56% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

17.92 points
28.97 points
61% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz
35% slightly higher clock speed
1.7 GHz

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

947th of 1,092
802nd of 1,092

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i3
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i3-6100U vs N95 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the N95 is faster 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 N95 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 i3-6100U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the N95.

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.

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