Intel Core i3 6100 vs 4170

older Released July, 2015

Reasons to buy the Intel Core i3 6100

Much newer manufacturing process

14 nm

Newer

Jul, 2015

older Released January, 2015

Reasons to buy the 4170

	Much better performance per dollar 8.55 pt/$		Much better performance per watt 15.63 pt/W
	Better turbo clock speed 1,150 MHz		Higher Maximum operating temperature 72 °C

The Core i3-3220 doesn't benefit from Intel's Turbo Boost technology at all, but instead relies on an architecture able to execute more instructions per cycle than AMD.

by Don-Woligroski (Oct, 2012)

	Performance
	Benchmark performance using all cores
Core i3 6100 6.1 Core i3 4170 5.7 Pentium G4400 5.5
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

	Single-core Performance
	Individual core benchmark performance
Core i3 6100 9.5 Core i3 4170 8.5 Pentium G4400 7.5
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

	Integrated Graphics
	Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Core i3 6100 n.d. Core i3 4170 n.d. Pentium G4400 n.d.
Sky Diver and Cloud Gate

	Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)
	Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Core i3 6100 n.d. Core i3 4170 6.7 Pentium G4400 6.7
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

	Performance per Watt
	How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Core i3 6100 5.3 Core i3 4170 5.2 Pentium G4400 5.2
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

	Value
	Are you paying a premium for performance?
Core i3 6100 6.7 Core i3 4170 6.6 Pentium G4400 7.9
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

8.6	CPUBoss Score
	Combination of all six facets
Core i3 6100 8.6 Core i3 4170 8.1 Pentium G4400 8.3

Winner
Intel Core i3 4170

CPUBoss recommends the Intel Core i3 4170 based on its single-core performance and value.

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Reasons to consider the
Intel Core i3 6100

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Much newer manufacturing process

14 nm

22 nm

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor

Newer

Jul, 2015

Jan, 2015

Release date 6 months later

Reasons to consider the
Intel Core i3 4170

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Much better performance per dollar

8.55 pt/$

1.96 pt/$

More than 4.2x better performance per dollar

Much better performance per watt

15.63 pt/W

4.51 pt/W

Around 3.5x better performance per watt

Better turbo clock speed

1,150 MHz

1,050 MHz

Around 10% better turbo clock speed

Higher Maximum operating temperature

72 °C

65 °C

More than 10% higher Maximum operating temperature

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Core i3 6100

5,478

Core i3 4170

5,168

PassMark (Single Core)

Core i3 6100

2,106

Core i3 4170

2,130

summary	Core i3 6100	4170
Clock speed	3.7 GHz	3.7 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	54W
Annual home energy cost	12.29 $/year	13.01 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost	44.68 $/year	47.3 $/year
Performance per watt	4.51 pt/W	15.63 pt/W
Typical power consumption	41.44W	43.88W
bus
Architecture	FSB	DMI 2.0
Number of links	1	0
Transfer rate	8,000 MT/s	5,000 MT/s

details	Core i3 6100	4170
Architecture	x86-64	x86-64
Threads	4	4
Manufacture process	14 nm	22 nm
Max CPUs	1	1
Operating temperature	Unknown - 65°C	Unknown - 72°C
overclocking
Overclocked clock speed	4.27 GHz	3.8 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	4.4 GHz	3.81 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	4.27 GHz	3.8 GHz
integrated graphics
GPU	GPU	GPU
Label	Intel® HD Graphics 530	Intel® HD Graphics 4400
Number of displays supported	3	3
GPU clock speed	350 MHz	350 MHz
Turbo clock speed	1,050 MHz	1,150 MHz
memory controller
Memory controller	Built-in	Built-in
Memory type
DDR3L-1600
DDR3-1333
DDR3L-1333
Channels	Dual Channel	Dual Channel
Supports ECC	Yes	Yes
Maximum bandwidth	12,800 MB/s	25,600 MB/s
Maximum memory size	65,536 MB	32,768 MB

Intel Core i3 6100

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Comments

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Sergio Luna (11:53 AM, September 3, 2017)

Es casi lo mismo no hay gran diferencia ja pero estan bien

Djeison De Frein (03:29 PM, December 6, 2016)

não vale a pena um upgrade neste caso! 4170 mete bala nos games aqui

Cícero Rodrigues (08:45 PM, December 4, 2016)

Ele não é muito diferente do i3 6100, a diferença se dá basicamente pela litografia, que mesmo assim nem impactou muito no consumo, e que o 6100 usa memórias DDR4 (sendo que umas placas mãe do soquete dele, 1151, são compatíveis com DDR3 ).

Mario J de Campos (01:07 PM, October 18, 2016)

Tenho o i3 4170 e estou gostando muito.

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