Intel Core i3-5157U vs Intel Core i3-6100U. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 5000U Intel Core i 6000U
• Family
  Intel Core i3 Intel Core i3
• Generation
  5 6
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2.5 GHz 2.3 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo No turbo

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  11.2 12
• Execution units
  48 24
• Generation
  8 9
• GPU Frequency
  300 MHz 300 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel Iris Graphics 6100 Intel HD Graphics 520
• GPU Turbo
  1000 MHz 1000 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB 32 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2015 Q3/2015
• Shader
  384 192
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode
• JPEG
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-6100U and Intel Core i3-5157U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  - 32 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1866 DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMMDDR4-2133LPDDR3-1866
• PCIe lanes
  12 12
• PCIe version
  2.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-5157U and Intel Core i3-6100U Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  - 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  28 W 15 W
• TDP down
  - 7.5 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-5157U and Intel Core i3-6100U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Broadwell U Skylake U
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  3 MB 3 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2015 Q3/2015
• Socket
  BGA 1168 BGA 1356
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d