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Summary Benchmarks Specifications User Reviews Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance Rank 2 - 84 % Intel Pentium Gold G5400 Rank 1 - 100 % Intel Core i3-6100 Multi-core performance Rank 2 - 91 % Intel Pentium Gold G5400 Rank 1 - 100 % Intel Core i3-6100

Geekbench 6 Single-CoreSingle-core performance

Intel Pentium Gold G5400 65 % 2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz 780 Intel Core i3-6100 100 % 2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz 1,208 1,965 entriesShow all results

Geekbench 6 Multi-CoreMulti-core performance

Intel Pentium Gold G5400 72 % 2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz 1,690 Intel Core i3-6100 100 % 2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz 2,355 1,901 entriesShow all results

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-CoreSingle-core performance

Intel Pentium Gold G5400 100 % 2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz 940 Intel Core i3-6100 96 % 2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz 901 2,509 entriesShow all results

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-CoreMulti-core performance

Intel Pentium Gold G5400 100 % 2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz 2,078 Intel Core i3-6100 99 % 2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz 2,064 2,480 entriesShow all results

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Pentium Gold G5400 50 % Intel HD Graphics 610 202 Intel Core i3-6100 100 % Intel HD Graphics 530 403 2,193 entriesShow all results

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-CoreMulti-core performance

Intel Pentium Gold G5400 100 % 2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz 1,044 Intel Core i3-6100 100 % 2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz 1,045 750 entriesShow all results

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)Single-core performance

Intel Pentium Gold G5400 100 % 2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz 152 cb Intel Core i3-6100 100 % 2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz 152 cb 1,113 entriesShow all results

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)Multi-core performance

Intel Pentium Gold G5400 98 % 2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz 384 cb Intel Core i3-6100 100 % 2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz 392 cb 1,109 entriesShow all results

More benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (SC) 1,965 entries Geekbench 6 (MC) 1,901 entries Cinebench R20 (SC) 666 entries Geekbench 5 (SC) 2,509 entries Cinebench R20 (MC) 614 entries Geekbench 5 (MC) 2,480 entries FP32 SP (iGPU) 2,193 entries PassMark CPU-Mark 2,491 entries Blender 2.81 (bmw27) 190 entries CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC) 249 entries CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC) 750 entries Cinebench R15 (SC) 1,113 entries Cinebench R15 (MC) 1,109 entries Geekbench 3 (SC) 942 entries Geekbench 3 (MC) 938 entries Cinebench R11.5 (SC) 825 entries Cinebench R11.5 (MC) 836 entries Cinebench R11.5 iGPU 383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Pentium Gold G5400	Intel Core i3-6100
Family	Intel Pentium (150)	Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU group	Intel Pentium G5000 (8)	Intel Core i 6000 (24)
Architecture	Coffee Lake S	Skylake S
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1151	LGA 1151
Predecessor	Intel Pentium G4400
Successor	Intel Pentium Gold G6400	Intel Core i3-7100

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Pentium Gold G5400	Intel Core i3-6100
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 4	2 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	2x	2x
Frequency:	3.70 GHz	3.70 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	4.00 MB	3.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Pentium Gold G5400	Intel Core i3-6100
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 610	Intel HD Graphics 530
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.05 GHz	0.35 - 1.05 GHz
CUs / Shader	12 / 96	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	32 GB	32 GB
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Release date	Q3/2016	Q3/2015

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Pentium Gold G5400	Intel Core i3-6100
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Pentium Gold G5400	Intel Core i3-6100
Memory	DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)	DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 GB	64 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	Yes	Yes
PCIe	3.0 x 16	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Pentium Gold G5400	Intel Core i3-6100
TDP	58 W	51 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Pentium Gold G5400	Intel Core i3-6100
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q2/2018	Q3/2015
Release price	64 $	117 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Pentium Gold G5400 is 4.1 stars (11 ratings), while Intel Core i3-6100 has received 3.6 stars (31 ratings). Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Pentium Gold G5400 2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz ★★★★★ Intel Core i3-6100 2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz ★★★★★

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