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Core i5-6200U vs i3-6100


Description
Both models i5-6200U and i3-6100 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 i5-6200U gets a score of 81.2 k points while the i3-6100 gets 112.3 k points.

Summarizing, the i3-6100 is 1.4 times faster than the i5-6200U. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
406e3
506e3
Core
Skylake-U
Skylake-S
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.3 GHz
3.7 GHz
Boost frecuency
2.8 GHz
3.7 GHz
Socket
BGA 1356
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
2/4
2/2
TDP
15 W
51 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
2x32+2x32 kB
32+32 kB
Cache L2
2x256 kB
256 kB
Cache L3
3072 kB
4096 kB
Date
September 2015
September 2015
Mean monothread perf.
38.87k points
52.84k points
Mean multithread perf.
81.18k points
112.28k 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
i5-6200U
i3-6100
Test#1 (Integers)
17.06k
22.89k (x1.34)
Test#2 (FP)
15.24k
21.04k (x1.38)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.35k
4.9k (x1.46)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.22k
4.01k (x1.25)
TOTAL
38.87k
52.84k (x1.36)

Multithread

i5-6200U

i3-6100
Test#1 (Integers)
35.68k
50.05k (x1.4)
Test#2 (FP)
33.68k
47.13k (x1.4)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.74k
11.38k (x1.47)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.09k
3.72k (x0.91)
TOTAL
81.18k
112.28k (x1.38)

Performance/W
i5-6200U
i3-6100
Test#1 (Integers)
2378 points/W
981 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
2245 points/W
924 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
516 points/W
223 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
272 points/W
73 points/W
TOTAL
5412 points/W
2202 points/W

Performance/GHz
i5-6200U
i3-6100
Test#1 (Integers)
6091 points/GHz
6187 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
5445 points/GHz
5686 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1196 points/GHz
1325 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
1150 points/GHz
1084 points/GHz
TOTAL
13882 points/GHz
14282 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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