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Is the Intel Core i3-8100 @ 3.60GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. But this CPU contains 4 Cores and 4 Threads. Paired with a good videocard, is this CPU Good for Gaming? This CPU should be able to play most games, but may be a bottleneck on newer releases. [More ...]
Description: Intel UHD Graphics 630
Class: Desktop
Socket: FCLGA1151-2
Clockspeed: 3.6 GHz
Cores: 4 Threads: 4
Typical TDP: 65 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 6 MB
Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 64 GB (DDR4-2400, ECC Supported)
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-8100 CPU @ 3.60GHz, Intel Core i3-8100 CPU @ 3.60GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2017
CPUmark/$Price: 122.19
Overall Rank:
1637th fastest in multithreading out of 4830 CPUs
1129th fastest in single threading out of 4830 CPUs
476th fastest in out of 1380 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $49.99 USD (2024-08-05)
| Integer Math | 16,263 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 13,791 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 28 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 10,244 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 1,822 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 83,554 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 467 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 7,204 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,217 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
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 | NA | CPU Not Available. See Other Models |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 59,133 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,489 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,128 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,611 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,888 | |
| Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz | 21,866 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,276 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,750 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,535 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,170 | |
| Intel Core i3-8100 @ 3.60GHz | 6,108 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 197.25 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 182.42 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 157.54 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 149.88 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 133.83 | |
| Intel Core i3-8100 @ 3.60GHz | 122.19 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.62 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 57.83 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,624 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,164 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,030 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,909 | |
| Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,806 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,693 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,469 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,360 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,929 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,567 | |
| Intel Core i3-8100 @ 3.60GHz | 2,217 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2186506 - Sep 04 2024 | 6196 | |
| BL5072496 - Sep 04 2024 | 6502 | |
| BL5071908 - Aug 26 2024 | 5700 | |
| BL5071812 - Aug 25 2024 | 5960 | |
| BL2178058 - Aug 25 2024 | 6442 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i3-8100 @ 3.60GHz | 6,108 | |
| AMD Ryzen 3 2200G vs Intel Core i3-8100 | 6,761 (+10.7%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 3 1300X vs Intel Core i3-8100 | 6,973 (+14.2%) | |
| Intel Core i5-7400 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i3-8100 | 5,473 (-10.4%) | |
| Intel Core i3-9100F @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i3-8100 | 6,738 (+10.3%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs Intel Core i3-8100 | 6,276 (+2.8%) | |
| Intel Core i5-6600 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Core i3-8100 | 6,050 (-1.0%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4690K @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i3-8100 | 5,686 (-6.9%) | |
| Intel Core i5-6500 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Core i3-8100 | 5,622 (-8.0%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4690 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i3-8100 | 5,571 (-8.8%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4670K @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i3-8100 | 5,563 (-8.9%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4670 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i3-8100 | 5,491 (-10.1%) | |
| Intel Core i5-7500T @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Core i3-8100 | 5,224 (-14.5%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 9,269 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900KS | 9,235 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 9,033 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900KS | 8,497 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 8,393 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 8,094 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900KF | 7,972 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D | 7,842 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 7,779 | |
| Intel Core i7-13790F | 7,746 | |
| Intel Core i7-14700K | 7,531 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X | 7,519 | |
| Intel Core i3-8100 @ 3.60GHz | 1,149 |
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