Intel Core i3 6100 vs Intel Core i7 5960X

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Intel Core i3 6100

Intel Core i7 5960X

We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i3 6100 with 2 cores 3.7GHz and Intel Core i7 5960X with 8 cores 3.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i3 6100 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 1 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 3.0GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 22nm)

Lower TDP (51W vs 140W)

Intel Core i7 5960X 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (2133 vs 2133)

Larger memory bandwidth (68GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)

Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 3MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i3 6100

1003

Intel Core i7 5960X +5%

1057

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i3 6100

2565

Intel Core i7 5960X +284%

9850

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i3 6100

1146

Intel Core i7 5960X +8%

1244

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i3 6100

2487

Intel Core i7 5960X +168%

6669

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i3 6100 +3%

924

Intel Core i7 5960X

892

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i3 6100

2023

Intel Core i7 5960X +247%

7026

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i3 6100 +11%

2192

Intel Core i7 5960X

1963

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i3 6100

4140

Intel Core i7 5960X +205%

12655

Intel Core i3 6100

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Intel Core i7 5960X

General Parameters

Sep 2015

Release Date

Aug 2014

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Skylake

Core Architecture

Haswell E

i3-6100

Processor Number

i7-5960X

LGA-1151

Socket

LGA-2011-3

HD Graphics 530

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

-

Transistor Count

2.6 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

51 W

Power Consumption

140 W

CPU Performance

2

Performance Cores

8

4

Performance Core Threads

16

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.0 GHz

-

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.5 GHz

2

Total Core Count

8

4

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

37x

Multiplier

30x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

3 MB shared

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600

Memory Types

DDR4-2133

64 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

34.1 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

68 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

1050 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i3 6100

Official Website

Intel Core i7 5960X

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

16

PCIe Lanes

40

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.2, AVX-2

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