Intel Core i3 6100 vs 7100U

older Released July, 2015

Reasons to buy the Intel Core i3 6100

	Much higher clock speed 3.7 GHz		Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.25 GHz
	Significantly better PassMark (Single core) score 2,106		Better turbo clock speed 1,050 MHz

older Released July, 2016

Reasons to buy the 7100U

	Significantly lower typical power consumption 12.19W		Much better performance per watt 11.22 pt/W
	Significantly lower annual home energy cost 3.61 $/year		Significantly lower annual commercial energy cost 13.14 $/year

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Reasons to consider the
Intel Core i3 6100

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Much higher clock speed

3.7 GHz

2.4 GHz

Around 55% higher clock speed

Much better overclocked clock speed (Air)

4.25 GHz

2.4 GHz

More than 75% better overclocked clock speed (Air)

Significantly better PassMark (Single core) score

2,106

1,377

Around 55% better PassMark (Single core) score

Better turbo clock speed

1,050 MHz

1,000 MHz

5% better turbo clock speed

Higher GPU clock speed

350 MHz

300 MHz

More than 15% higher GPU clock speed

Better PassMark score

5,478

3,846

More than 40% better PassMark score

Much better overclocked clock speed (Water)

4.39 GHz

2.4 GHz

Around 85% better overclocked clock speed (Water)

Reasons to consider the
Intel 7100U

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Significantly lower typical power consumption

12.19W

41.44W

3.4x lower typical power consumption

Much better performance per watt

11.22 pt/W

4.51 pt/W

Around 2.5x better performance per watt

Significantly lower annual home energy cost

3.61 $/year

12.29 $/year

3.4x lower annual home energy cost

Significantly lower annual commercial energy cost

13.14 $/year

44.68 $/year

3.4x lower annual commercial energy cost

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Jul, 2015

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PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Core i3 6100

5,478

7100U

3,846

PassMark (Single Core)

Core i3 6100

2,106

7100U

1,377

summary	Core i3 6100	7100U
Clock speed	3.7 GHz	2.4 GHz
Cores	Dual core	Dual core
Is unlocked	No	No
features
Has a NX bit	Yes	Yes
Supports trusted computing	No	No
Has virtualization support	Yes	Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE2
MMX
SSE4
AVX
SSE3
SSE
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
Supplemental SSE3
AES
AVX 2.0
Supports dynamic frequency scaling	Yes	Yes
power consumption
TDP	51W	15W
Annual home energy cost	12.29 $/year	3.61 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost	44.68 $/year	13.14 $/year
Performance per watt	4.51 pt/W	11.22 pt/W
Typical power consumption	41.44W	12.19W
bus
Architecture	FSB	FSB
Number of links	1	1
Transfer rate	8,000 MT/s	4,000 MT/s

details	Core i3 6100	7100U
Architecture	x86-64	x86-64
Threads	4	4
L3 cache	3 MB	3 MB
L3 cache per core	1.5 MB/core	1.5 MB/core
Manufacture process	14 nm	14 nm
Max CPUs	1	1
overclocking
Overclocked clock speed	4.25 GHz	2.4 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	4.39 GHz	2.4 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	4.25 GHz	2.4 GHz
integrated graphics
GPU	GPU	GPU
Label	Intel® HD Graphics 530	Intel® HD Graphics 620
Number of displays supported	3	3
GPU clock speed	350 MHz	300 MHz
Turbo clock speed	1,050 MHz	1,000 MHz
memory controller
Memory controller	Built-in	Built-in
Memory type
DDR3L-1600
DDR3L-1333
Channels	Dual Channel	Dual Channel
Supports ECC	Yes	No
Maximum bandwidth	12,800 MB/s	25,600 MB/s
Maximum memory size	65,536 MB	32,768 MB

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Comments

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Otto (06:07 AM, June 18, 2017)

I wouldn't consider upgrading the CPU (if that's even possible). The speed bump will be minor, and the laptop is no longer worth much. The only upgrade I would consider is a solid state drive you haven't done so.

BarnacleBill (07:47 AM, June 3, 2017)

I have an older, but VERY dependable Lenovo thinkpad T410 which I've upgraded to Win 10 Pro, along with Office 2016. For a well built business laptop, although it's an older machine (2011), it has, and continues to outperform all previous, and other current laptops I have. I'm just not very savvy about CPU's, and am wondering if I should replace my Intel core i5-520M 2.40 GHz processor with either the Intel core i5-540M 2.53 GHz (about $50), or the Intel core i5 2520M 2.5 GHz (about $125). Does anyone have any thoughts on this? My ram is fine at 8Gb, and I'm curious if by upgrading my CPU will make a noticeable enough difference. Any feedback would be much appreciated!

Eric (08:10 PM, March 15, 2017)

Oh makes sense haha

Jay Koerner (02:03 AM, March 15, 2017)

they don't they just have a database of most cpu's and have a page made for just about every match-up, this whole website was basically made by a machine.

Eric (01:51 AM, January 20, 2017)

why would you compare these?

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