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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-6600 outperforms the more expensive Core i3-8100 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-6600 is 826 days older than the more expensive Core i3-8100.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-6600
- Performs up to 1% better in Rust than Core i3-8100 - 190 vs 188 FPS
- Up to 33% cheaper than Core i3-8100 - $74.0 vs $110.0
- Up to 34% better value when playing Rust than Core i3-8100 - $0.39 vs $0.59 per FPS
Rust
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i5-6600
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
FPS
190
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.39/FPS
100%
Price, $
$74
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Boxed Core I5-6600 FC-LGA14C 3.30 Ghz 6 M Processor Cache 4 LGA 1151 BX80662I56600
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Updated 349636 minutes ago
Core i3-8100
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
FPS
188
98.94736842105263%
Value, $/FPS
$0.59/FPS
66.10169491525424%
Price, $
$110
67%
Intel Core i3-8100 Desktop Processor 4 Cores up to 3.6 GHz Turbo Unlocked LGA1151 300 Series 95W
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Updated 349636 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i5-6600
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Core i3-8100
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i3-8100
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Single-Core
1245
96.8118195956454%
Multi-Core
3405
95.86148648648648%
Intel Core i5-6600 | vs | Intel Core i3-8100 |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2nd, 2015 | Release Date | Oct 5th, 2017 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i3 |
| Skylake | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 4 |
| 4 | Threads | 4 |
| 3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| 3.9 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 27.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
| UHD Graphics 530 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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