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Core i3-6100 vs i3-6100T


Description
Both models i3-6100 and i3-6100T are based on Skylake architecture.

Sky Lake is also known as 6th generation Core. Include Thunderbolt 3.0, SATA Express and Iris Pro graphics with DirectX 12. It uses LGA 1151 socket for mainstream models and LGA 2066 for X-Series. Sky Lake comes with AVX2 support in all mainstreams CPUs and AVX-512 in some high end models.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i3-6100 gets a score of 112.3 k points while the i3-6100T gets 105.2 k points.

Summarizing, the i3-6100 is 1.1 times faster than the i3-6100T. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
506e3
506e3
Core
Skylake-S
Skylake-S
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.7 GHz
3.2 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
2/2
2/4
TDP
51 W
35 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
32+32 kB
2x32+2x32 kB
Cache L2
256 kB
2x256 kB
Cache L3
4096 kB
3072 kB
Date
September 2015
November 2015
Mean monothread perf.
52.84k points
43.92k points
Mean multithread perf.
112.28k points
105.21k points

Non-optimized benchmark
The benchmark in Mode 0 (FPU) measures cpu performance with non-optimized software. It uses the basic µinstructions from the i386 architecture with the i387 floating point unit. This mode is compatible with all CPUs so it's practical to compare very different CPUs
Monothread
i3-6100
i3-6100T
Test#1 (Integers)
3.81k
3.14k (x0.82)
Test#2 (FP)
15.65k
12.26k (x0.78)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.14k
3.94k (x0.77)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.28k
2.21k (x0.52)
TOTAL
28.89k
21.55k (x0.75)

Multithread

i3-6100

i3-6100T
Test#1 (Integers)
7.75k
6.52k (x0.84)
Test#2 (FP)
37.33k
30.61k (x0.82)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
12.13k
10.59k (x0.87)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.56k
2.77k (x0.78)
TOTAL
60.77k
50.49k (x0.83)

AVX optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode II (AVX) is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the first version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX compatible CPU was released in 2011.
Monothread
i3-6100
i3-6100T
Test#1 (Integers)
13.78k
10.46k (x0.76)
Test#2 (FP)
21.21k
17.55k (x0.83)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.2k
3.71k (x0.71)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.73k
3.07k (x0.82)
TOTAL
43.92k
34.79k (x0.79)

Multithread

i3-6100

i3-6100T
Test#1 (Integers)
29.02k
23.92k (x0.82)
Test#2 (FP)
49.55k
42.11k (x0.85)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
12.3k
10.51k (x0.85)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.28k
2.57k (x0.78)
TOTAL
94.15k
79.1k (x0.84)

AVX2 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode III (AVX2), like AVX1, is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the second version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX2 compatible CPU was released in 2013.
Monothread
i3-6100
i3-6100T
Test#1 (Integers)
22.89k
19.58k (x0.86)
Test#2 (FP)
21.04k
16.97k (x0.81)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.9k
3.91k (x0.8)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.01k
3.47k (x0.86)
TOTAL
52.84k
43.92k (x0.83)

Multithread

i3-6100

i3-6100T
Test#1 (Integers)
50.05k
47.02k (x0.94)
Test#2 (FP)
47.13k
44.41k (x0.94)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
11.38k
9.93k (x0.87)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.72k
3.85k (x1.04)
TOTAL
112.28k
105.21k (x0.94)

Performance/W
i3-6100
i3-6100T
Test#1 (Integers)
981 points/W
1344 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
924 points/W
1269 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
223 points/W
284 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
73 points/W
110 points/W
TOTAL
2202 points/W
3006 points/W

Performance/GHz
i3-6100
i3-6100T
Test#1 (Integers)
6187 points/GHz
6119 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
5686 points/GHz
5303 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1325 points/GHz
1221 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
1084 points/GHz
1084 points/GHz
TOTAL
14282 points/GHz
13726 points/GHz

Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.

Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.

If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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