Intel Core i3-8100 vs Intel Core i7-6700

Core i3-8100 vs Core i7-6700 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-6700 beats the Core i3-8100 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-8100 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-6700 has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-8100 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-6700. Despite this, the Core i7-6700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Core i7-6700 also has slightly more L3 cache.

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.