Core i5-6500 vs i3-6100
Description
Both models i5-6500 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 i5-6500 gets a score of 179.4 k points while the i3-6100 gets 112.3 k points.
Summarizing, the i5-6500 is 1.6 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 i5-6500 gets a score of 179.4 k points while the i3-6100 gets 112.3 k points.
Summarizing, the i5-6500 is 1.6 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
3.2 GHz
3.7 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.6 GHz
3.7 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
4/4
2/2
TDP
65 W
51 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
32+32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
256 kB
Cache L3
6144 kB
4096 kB
Date
September 2015
September 2015
Mean monothread perf.
53.7k points
52.84k points
Mean multithread perf.
179.44k points
112.28k 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
i5-6500
i3-6100
Test#1 (Integers)
3.46k
3.81k (x1.1)
Test#2 (FP)
14.61k
15.65k (x1.07)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.66k
5.14k (x1.1)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.99k
4.28k (x0.61)
TOTAL
29.71k
28.89k (x0.97)
Multithread
i5-6500
i3-6100
Test#1 (Integers)
12.52k
7.75k (x0.62)
Test#2 (FP)
51.13k
37.33k (x0.73)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
17.41k
12.13k (x0.7)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.9k
3.56k (x0.91)
TOTAL
84.96k
60.77k (x0.72)
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
i5-6500
i3-6100
Test#1 (Integers)
13.07k
13.78k (x1.05)
Test#2 (FP)
20.23k
21.21k (x1.05)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.93k
5.2k (x1.06)
Test#1 (Memory)
9.2k
3.73k (x0.41)
TOTAL
47.43k
43.92k (x0.93)
Multithread
i5-6500
i3-6100
Test#1 (Integers)
49.62k
29.02k (x0.58)
Test#2 (FP)
74.82k
49.55k (x0.66)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
18.46k
12.3k (x0.67)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.21k
3.28k (x0.78)
TOTAL
147.12k
94.15k (x0.64)
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
i5-6500
i3-6100
Test#1 (Integers)
22.89k
22.89k (x1)
Test#2 (FP)
19.87k
21.04k (x1.06)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.58k
4.9k (x1.07)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.36k
4.01k (x0.63)
TOTAL
53.7k
52.84k (x0.98)
Multithread
i5-6500
i3-6100
Test#1 (Integers)
84.36k
50.05k (x0.59)
Test#2 (FP)
72.91k
47.13k (x0.65)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
16.08k
11.38k (x0.71)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.1k
3.72k (x0.61)
TOTAL
179.44k
112.28k (x0.63)
Performance/W
i5-6500
i3-6100
Test#1 (Integers)
1298 points/W
981 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
1122 points/W
924 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
247 points/W
223 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
94 points/W
73 points/W
TOTAL
2761 points/W
2202 points/W
Performance/GHz
i5-6500
i3-6100
Test#1 (Integers)
6359 points/GHz
6187 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
5521 points/GHz
5686 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1271 points/GHz
1325 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
1766 points/GHz
1084 points/GHz
TOTAL
14917 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.
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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