Core i3-6100 vs i7-6700
Description
Both models i3-6100 and i7-6700 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 i7-6700 gets 243.4 k points.
Summarizing, the i7-6700 is 2.2 times faster than the i3-6100 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
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 i7-6700 gets 243.4 k points.
Summarizing, the i7-6700 is 2.2 times faster than the i3-6100 . 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
Base frecuency
3.7 GHz
3.4 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.7 GHz
4 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
2/2
4/8
TDP
51 W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
32+32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
256 kB
256 kB
Cache L3
4096 kB
8192 kB
Date
September 2015
May 2015
Mean monothread perf.
52.84k points
57.76k points
Mean multithread perf.
112.28k points
243.4k points
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
i7-6700
Test#1 (Integers)
22.89k
24.83k (x1.08)
Test#2 (FP)
21.04k
21.82k (x1.04)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.9k
4.98k (x1.01)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.01k
6.14k (x1.53)
TOTAL
52.84k
57.76k (x1.09)
Multithread
i3-6100
i7-6700
Test#1 (Integers)
50.05k
109.79k (x2.19)
Test#2 (FP)
47.13k
102.39k (x2.17)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
11.38k
24.72k (x2.17)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.72k
6.51k (x1.75)
TOTAL
112.28k
243.4k (x2.17)
Performance/W
i3-6100
i7-6700
Test#1 (Integers)
981 points/W
1689 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
924 points/W
1575 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
223 points/W
380 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
73 points/W
100 points/W
TOTAL
2202 points/W
3745 points/W
Performance/GHz
i3-6100
i7-6700
Test#1 (Integers)
6187 points/GHz
6206 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
5686 points/GHz
5456 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1325 points/GHz
1244 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
1084 points/GHz
1535 points/GHz
TOTAL
14282 points/GHz
14441 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.
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]
Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]
Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]
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.
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]
Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]
Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]
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