Core i7-6700 vs i3-6100
Description
Both models i7-6700 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 i7-6700 gets a score of 243.4 k points while the i3-6100 gets 112.3 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 i7-6700 gets a score of 243.4 k points while the i3-6100 gets 112.3 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
3.4 GHz
3.7 GHz
Boost frecuency
4 GHz
3.7 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
4/8
2/2
TDP
65 W
51 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
32+32 kB
Cache L2
256 kB
256 kB
Cache L3
8192 kB
4096 kB
Date
May 2015
September 2015
Mean monothread perf.
57.76k points
52.84k points
Mean multithread perf.
243.4k 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
i7-6700
i3-6100
Test#1 (Integers)
24.83k
22.89k (x0.92)
Test#2 (FP)
21.82k
21.04k (x0.96)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.98k
4.9k (x0.99)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.14k
4.01k (x0.65)
TOTAL
57.76k
52.84k (x0.91)
Multithread
i7-6700
i3-6100
Test#1 (Integers)
109.79k
50.05k (x0.46)
Test#2 (FP)
102.39k
47.13k (x0.46)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
24.72k
11.38k (x0.46)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.51k
3.72k (x0.57)
TOTAL
243.4k
112.28k (x0.46)
Performance/W
i7-6700
i3-6100
Test#1 (Integers)
1689 points/W
981 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
1575 points/W
924 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
380 points/W
223 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
100 points/W
73 points/W
TOTAL
3745 points/W
2202 points/W
Performance/GHz
i7-6700
i3-6100
Test#1 (Integers)
6206 points/GHz
6187 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
5456 points/GHz
5686 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1244 points/GHz
1325 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
1535 points/GHz
1084 points/GHz
TOTAL
14441 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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