Intel Core i3-6100U vs Intel Pentium G4520

Core i3-6100U vs Pentium G4520 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Pentium G4520 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.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i3-6100U has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Pentium G4520 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i3-6100U. A Core i3-6100U CPU outputs less heat than a Pentium G4520 CPU because of its significantly 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.