Intel Core i3-8100 vs Intel Celeron J3160. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core i3 Intel Celeron
• Generation
  8 8
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 8000 Intel Celeron J3000/N3000
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i3-7100 --
• Successor
  Intel Core i3-9100 --

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  3.60 GHz 1.60 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo 2.24 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Turbo (4 Cores)
  No turbo 2.24 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

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

• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel HD Graphics 400
• GPU frequency
  0.35 GHz 0.32 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.10 GHz 0.70 GHz
• Execution units
  24 12
• Shader
  192 96
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 8 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  9.5 8
• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2017 Q1/2015

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Celeron J3160 and Intel Core i3-8100. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM
• Max. Memory
  64 GB
• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0 2.0
• PCIe lanes
  16 4

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-8100 and Intel Celeron J3160 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  65 W 6 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-8100 and Intel Core i3-8100, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L3-Cache
  6.00 MB 2.00 MB
• Architecture
  Coffee Lake S Braswell
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1151-2 BGA 1170
• Release date
  Q4/2017 Q1/2016