Intel Celeron G3950 vs Intel Core i3-6100

Intel Celeron G3950
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3000 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jan 2017
Intel Celeron G3950
Intel Core i3-6100
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3700 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2015
Intel Core i3-6100

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Celeron G3950
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    123%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Celeron G3950
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    114%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Celeron G3950
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    133%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Celeron G3950

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-6100

14% higher single threaded performance.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 33% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 23% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i3-6100

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-6100

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i3-6100

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-6100

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Celeron G3950Intel Core i3-6100
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
AES-NI
TSX
CLMUL
FMA3
MPX
SGX
Hyper-Threading

Architecture

Intel Celeron G3950Intel Core i3-6100
ArchitectureIntel_KabylakevsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3, DDR4
CodenameKaby LakevsSkylake
Release DateJan 2017vsSep 2015

Cores

Intel Celeron G3950Intel Core i3-6100
Cores2vs2
Threads2vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 610vsIntel HD 530

Cache

Intel Celeron G3950Intel Core i3-6100
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache2048 KB (shared)vs4096 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Celeron G3950Intel Core i3-6100
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp65°Cvs65°C
PackageFC-LGA1151vs
Die Sizeunknownvs150mm²
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Celeron G3950Intel Core i3-6100
Cpu Frequency3000 MHzvs3700 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP51 Wvs51 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Celeron G3950
    3600 points
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    4255 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Celeron G3950
    7200 points
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    10297 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Celeron G3950 (simulated)
    134.63
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    154

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Celeron G3950 (simulated)
    241.03
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    321

points - higher is better