Intel Core i3-8100 Benchmark

Intel Core i3-8100 Processor benchmark, specs and release date - 4 GHz 4 core Intel 8th Generation Core i3 LGA 1151 CPU rating. Is the Core i3-8100 good for gaming?

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CPU Benchmark Score

25 %

Average score from 5 samples
Medium uncertainty

Performance

Average

Ranking

497th of 1,233

Popularity

91st of 1,233

Samples

5 benchmarks

CPU benchmarks

Here are the performance results of this CPU in both the hardwareDB Benchmark and other benchmark utilities. Synthetic tests are an estimation of real-world performance using consistent and repeatable benchmarks.

Overall

Average

25 %

Gaming

Very Good

47 %

Multitasking

Average

19 %

Heavy Workloads

Average

19 %

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Alternative benchmarks

Here are some benchmark results using alternative testing software

Geekbench (multi)

Multi threaded benchmark

3,029

Geekbench (single)

Single threaded benchmark

940

3DMark Physics

Physics simulation benchmark

3,362

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CPU Comparison

The Intel Core i3-8100 compared against popular alternatives. Compare against more CPUs with our CPU Comparison Tool.

Intel Core i5-9600KF	45 %
Intel Core i7-6700	32 %
Intel Core i5-6600	26 %
Intel Core i3-8100	25 %
Intel Core i5-7500	24 %
AMD Ryzen 3 1200	23 %
Intel Celeron N5105	15 %

Specifications

Clock Speed	3.6 GHz
Turbo Speed	3.6 GHz
Cores	4
Threads	4
L1 Cache	256 KiB
L2 Cache	1024 KiB
L3 Cache	6 MiB
PCIe Revision	3
PCIe Lanes	16
Socket	LGA 1151
Family	8th Generation Core i3
Memory Type	DDR4-2400
Memory Channels	2
Max Memory	64 GiB
Release Date	2017-11-01
Supports ECC Memory	Yes
Has Unlocked Multiplier	No
TDP	65 W

Intel Core i3-8100

The Core i3-8100 is a 4 core CPU from Intel released in 2017. This chip has an average overall score at 25% in our CPU benchmark. Our gaming benchmark shows that this CPU is a very good processor for gaming, with a score of 47%. As for multitasking and heavy workloads, the Core i3-8100 scores 19% and 19% respectively. Indeed, this is an average rating for very heavy workloads.

The Core i3-8100 has 4 cores and 4 threads. This chip has no simultaneous multithreading support, as it has the same number of cores as threads. This Intel CPU has a clock speed of 3.6 GHz and a turbo speed of 3.6 GHz : a higher clock speed that can be reached when thermals and power delivery allow. This CPU has a locked multiplier, so you are not able to overclock it beyond this frequency.

As for memory, the Core i3-8100 makes use of DDR4-2400 memory. The faster the memory, the better. Faster memory means that the CPU doesn't have to wait to get the data it needs. It can accommodate a maximum of 64 GiB of memory. Furthermore, this chip can handle up to 2 channels of RAM, a multichannel memory architecture allows for higher data transfer between the CPU and the memory. However, to take advantage of this, you must have enough memory slots filled. Error correcting memory is supported on this processor.

In terms of cache, the Core i3-8100 has 256 KiB of level 1 cache, 1 MiB of level 2 cache and 6 MiB of level 3 cache. This is a fast memory located close to the processor, which stores copies of frequently used data from main memory.

This CPU has fast connectivity with support for PCI-Express Gen 3. The faster the PCIe link, the better. This allows for better performance with GPUs and NVME SSDs. It has a total of 16 PCIe lanes.

Power and thermals for the Intel Core i3-8100 CPU are a TDP (Thermal Design Power) of 65 watts. This measures the amount of heat the processor produces when running at full load. This isn't a measure of power consumption, but it's good estimate.

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