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Is the Intel Core i3-6100 @ 3.70GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: LGA 1151
Clockspeed: 3.7 GHz
Cores: 2 Threads: 4
Typical TDP: 51 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 3 MB
Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 64 GB (DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V, ECC Supported)
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-6100 CPU @ 3.70GHz, Intel Core i3-6100 CPU @ 3.70GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2015
CPUmark/$Price: 137.67
Overall Rank:
2264th fastest in multithreading out of 5126 CPUs
1364th fastest in single threading out of 5126 CPUs
648th fastest in out of 1446 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $29.99 USD (2025-05-09)
Integer Math | 12,579 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 7,754 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 14 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 7,222 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 1,374 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 56,497 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 307 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 3,799 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 2,171 MOps/Sec |
Merchant | Price | Purchase |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,687 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,311 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,032 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,139 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,861 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,473 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,174 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,708 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,651 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,147 | |
Intel Core i3-6100 @ 3.70GHz | 4,129 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
---|---|---|
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 235.95 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 178.67 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 163.35 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 161.93 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 147.08 | |
Intel Core i3-6100 @ 3.70GHz | 137.67 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 136.22 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 51.93 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,611 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,140 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,902 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,681 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,478 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,470 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,363 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,921 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,563 | |
Intel Core i3-6100 @ 3.70GHz | 2,171 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL2645399 - May 23 2025 | 4432 | |
BL2643385 - May 22 2025 | 4351 | |
BL2643118 - May 22 2025 | 4394 | |
BL2641430 - May 21 2025 | 4253 | |
BL2640524 - May 21 2025 | 3628 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i3-6100 @ 3.70GHz | 4,129 | |
AMD Athlon X4 845 vs Intel Core i3-6100 | 3,787 (-8.3%) | |
AMD Athlon X4 870K vs Intel Core i3-6100 | 3,420 (-17.2%) | |
AMD Athlon X4 950 vs Intel Core i3-6100 | 3,602 (-12.8%) | |
AMD A10-7800 APU vs Intel Core i3-6100 | 3,215 (-22.1%) | |
Intel Core i5-2320 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i3-6100 | 3,688 (-10.7%) | |
Intel Core i3-7100T @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i3-6100 | 3,755 (-9.1%) | |
Intel Core i5-6500T @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Core i3-6100 | 4,762 (+15.3%) | |
Intel Core i5-3330S @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Core i3-6100 | 3,897 (-5.6%) | |
Intel Pentium Gold G5420 @ 3.80GHz vs Intel Core i3-6100 | 3,724 (-9.8%) | |
AMD Athlon X4 880K vs Intel Core i3-6100 | 3,664 (-11.3%) | |
Intel Core i3-6100T @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Core i3-6100 | 3,648 (-11.6%) | |
Intel Core i3-4170 @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Core i3-6100 | 3,592 (-13.0%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
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AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,497 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,155 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,335 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,845 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,593 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,509 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,282 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,809 | |
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,690 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,521 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,467 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF | 9,424 | |
Intel Core i3-6100 @ 3.70GHz | 500 |