Intel Core i7-4960X vs Intel Core i3-6100

Intel Core i7-4960X
Intel Socket 2011DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 6 / Sep 2013
Intel Core i7-4960X
Intel Core i3-6100
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3700 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2015
Intel Core i3-6100

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i7-4960X
    178%
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-4960X
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    114%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-4960X
    270%
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-4960X

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 170% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-6100

14% higher single threaded performance.
79 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Core i7-4960X.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


Intel Core i7-4960X

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-4960X

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i7-4960XIntel Core i3-6100
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
Hyper-Threading
AES-NI
SSE4.1
AVX2
TSX
CLMUL
FMA3

Architecture

Intel Core i7-4960XIntel Core i3-6100
ArchitectureIntel_IvyBridgevsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3, DDR4
CodenameIvy Bridge-EvsSkylake
Release DateSep 2013vsSep 2015

Cores

Intel Core i7-4960XIntel Core i3-6100
Cores6vs2
Threads12vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 530

Cache

Intel Core i7-4960XIntel Core i3-6100
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache15360 KB (shared)vs4096 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i7-4960XIntel Core i3-6100
SocketIntel Socket 2011vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Tempunknownvs65°C
PackageFC-LGA10vs
Die Size257mm²vs150mm²
Process22 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i7-4960XIntel Core i3-6100
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3700 MHz
Turbo Clock4000 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.35 Vvsunknown
TDP130 Wvs51 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-4960X
    4120 points
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    4255 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-4960X
    26697 points
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    10297 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i7-4960X
    20980
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    8336

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i7-4960X
    3978
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    4975

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i7-4960X
    23515
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    10509

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i7-4960X
    3536
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    3934

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-4960X
    144
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    154

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-4960X
    1076
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    321

points - higher is better