Intel Core i3-8100 vs Intel Core i7-2600

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-2600

Price

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$ 169.99

$ 56.38 significantly less expensive

$ 226.37

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2549 points

0.39% slightly better overall score

2539 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4731 points

18% slightly better gaming score

3984 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1938 points

2108 points

8% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1859 points

2031 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3346 points

11% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

3013 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

47.29 points

22% slightly higher Blender score

38.63 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3299 points

61% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2047 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1201 points

97% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

608 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3471 points

70% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2040 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1267 points

107% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

610 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

5% slightly higher clock speed

3.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

3.8 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

46% significantly lower TDP

95 W

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

100% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

616th of 1,089

619th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i3

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November

2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i3-8100 vs Core i7-2600 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-8100 is faster than the Core i7-2600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2600 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-2600 has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-8100 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-2600. Despite this, the Core i7-2600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-8100 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-2600 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. For instance, the Core i3-8100 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.