Intel Pentium G630 vs Intel Core i3-6100

Intel Pentium G630
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
2700 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2011
Intel Pentium G630
Intel Core i3-6100
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3700 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2015
Intel Core i3-6100

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Pentium G630
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    226%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium G630
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    210%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium G630
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    241%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium G630

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-6100

Much higher single threaded performance (around 110% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 141% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 126% 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 Pentium G630Intel Core i3-6100
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
AES-NI
SSE4.1
AVX2
Hyper-Threading
TSX
CLMUL
FMA3

Architecture

Intel Pentium G630Intel Core i3-6100
ArchitectureIntel_SandyBridgevsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3, DDR4
CodenameSandy BridgevsSkylake
Release DateSep 2011vsSep 2015

Cores

Intel Pentium G630Intel Core i3-6100
Cores2vs2
Threads2vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD (Sandy Bridge)vsIntel HD 530

Cache

Intel Pentium G630Intel Core i3-6100
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache3072 KB (shared)vs4096 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Pentium G630Intel Core i3-6100
SocketIntel Socket 1155vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Tempunknownvs65°C
PackageFC-LGA10vs
Die Size131mm²vs150mm²
Process32 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Pentium G630Intel Core i3-6100
Cpu Frequency2700 MHzvs3700 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs51 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium G630
    2700 points
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    4255 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium G630
    5400 points
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    10297 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Pentium G630
    3072
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    8336

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Pentium G630
    2078
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    4975

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Pentium G630
    3664
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    10509

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Pentium G630
    1799
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    3934

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium G630 (simulated)
    89.03
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    154

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium G630 (simulated)
    192.27
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    321

points - higher is better