Intel Core i3-9100 vs Intel Core i7-6500U

Core i3-9100 vs Core i7-6500U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-9100 beats the Core i7-6500U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6500U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i3-9100 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i7-6500U has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-9100 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6500U. Also, the Core i3-9100 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-6500U outputs less heat than Core i3-9100 thanks to a 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 i3-9100 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.