Intel Core i3-6157U vs Intel Core i7-3537U

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs Intel Core 2 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

1038 points
25% slightly better overall score
830 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1931 points
21% slightly better gaming score
1588 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

790 points
26% slightly better multitasking score
626 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

758 points
26% slightly better heavy workload score
600 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

21.59 points
108% significantly higher Blender score
10.36 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1405 points
60% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
874 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

601 points
37% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
436 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1663 points
71% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
968 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

812 points
67% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
484 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
19% slightly higher clock speed
2.00 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W
17 W
64% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

12
16
33% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

939th of 1,089
996th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i3
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 August
2013 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i3-6157U vs Core i7-3537U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-6157U performs better 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. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-6157U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3537U. The Core i7-3537U outputs less heat than Core i3-6157U thanks to a 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 i3-6157U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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