Intel Core i3-6100 vs Intel Core i7-3770K. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 6000 Intel Core i 3000
• Family
  Intel Core i3 Intel Core i7
• Generation
  6 3
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Successor
  Intel Core i3-7100 -

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

• Base Frequency
  3.7 GHz 3.5 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• CPU Threads
  4 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo 3.9 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 3.9 GHz

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
  12 11.0
• Execution units
  24 16
• Generation
  9 7
• GPU Frequency
  350 MHz 650 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 530 Intel HD Graphics 4000
• GPU Turbo
  1150 MHz 1150 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB -
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q1/2011
• Shader
  192 128
• Technology
  14 nm 22 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)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-3770K and Intel Core i3-6100. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 32 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1600DDR4-2133 DDR3-1600
• PCIe lanes
  16 16
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-6100 and Intel Core i7-3770K Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  51 W 77 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-6100 and Intel Core i7-3770K, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Skylake S Ivy Bridge S
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  3 MB 8 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q2/2012
• Socket
  LGA 1151 LGA 1155
• Technology
  14 nm 22 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d