Intel Core i3-8130U vs Intel Core i3-2100

Compare Intel 8th 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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Price

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$ 639.00
$ 49.00
$ 590.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1216 points
1270 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2360 points
2433 points
3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

910 points
956 points
5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

872 points
918 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

17.90 points
17% slightly higher Blender score
15.20 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1873 points
89% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
990 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

984 points
107% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
475 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1902 points
100% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
947 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1019 points
119% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
465 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

2.2 GHz
3.1 GHz
40% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
333% significantly lower TDP
65 W

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

897th of 1,089
878th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i3
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 February
2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i3-8130U vs Core i3-2100 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-2100 is faster than the Core i3-8130U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-8130U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-2100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-8130U. A Core i3-8130U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-2100 CPU because of its 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. Indeed, the Core i3-8130U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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