Product Compare

Intel Core i3 8100 vs Intel Core i7 5960X

	CPU Intel Core i3 8100	CPU Intel Core i7 5960X
General Parameters
Release Date	Oct 2017	Aug 2014
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Coffee Lake	Haswell E
Processor Number	i3-8100	i7-5960X
Integrated Graphics	UHD Graphics 630	N/A
Package
Manufacturing Process	14 nm	22 nm
Socket	LGA-1151	LGA-2011-3
Power Consumption	65 W	140 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100 °C
Transistor Count		2.6 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	4	8
Performance Core Threads	4	16
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.6 GHz	3.0 GHz
Total Core Count	4	8
Total Thread Count	4	16
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	28x	30x
L1 Cache	64 K per core	64 K per core
L2 Cache	256 K per core	256 K per core
L3 Cache	6 MB shared	20 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	No
Performance Core Turbo Frequency		3.5 GHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR4-2400	DDR4-2133
Max Memory Size	64 GB	64 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	4
Max Memory Bandwidth	37.5 GB/s	68 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	Yes	No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true
GPU Base Frequency	350 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1100 MHz
Shader Units	192
Texture Units	24
Raster Operation Units	3
Execution Units	24
Power Consumption	15 W
Max Resolution	4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	3.0	3.0
PCIe Lanes	16	40
Extended Instruction Set	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2	SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	936	1057
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	3597	9850
Geekbench 6 Single Core	1223	1244
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	3646	6669
Passmark CPU Single Core	2224	1963
Passmark CPU Multi Core	6158	12655