Intel Core i3-8100 vs Intel Core i5-6500T

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs Intel 6th Generation Core i5 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

2549 points

49% significantly better overall score

1700 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4731 points

46% significantly better gaming score

3223 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1938 points

50% significantly better multitasking score

1288 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1859 points

50% significantly better heavy workload score

1236 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

47.29 points

3% slightly higher Blender score

45.50 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3299 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2781 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1201 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1003 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3471 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2827 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1267 points

21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1042 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

44% significantly higher clock speed

2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

16% slightly higher turbo speed

3.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

35 W

85% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

Identical

64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

617th of 1,089

776th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i3

6th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November

2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400

DDR4-1866

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i3-8100 vs Core i5-6500T benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-8100 is faster than the Core i5-6500T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6500T 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 i3-8100 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6500T. Also, the Core i3-8100 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-6500T outputs less heat than Core i3-8100 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core i3-8100 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.