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Intel Core i3 8100 Cpu
Intel Core i3 8100
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Intel Core i5 9400F Cpu
Intel Core i5 9400F
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For $180 the Core i3-8350K is nearly a rebadged Core i5-7600K: both are 14nm quad-cores operating at ~4GHz, but the 8350K is 25% cheaper. Meanwhile, the Core...Read more
Intel's Core i3-8100 comes with four cores at a low price point. But can it fend off AMD's multiplier-unlocked Ryzen competition?Read more
We take a look at the ultra-low cost Intel Core i3-8100 in our benchmarks and review. We see how this CPU stacks up to more costly server processors and see whether it is worth saving a few dollars with this intriguing solutionRead more
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Page 2 - Intel Core i5-2500K Architecture; Test SystemRead more
Without doubt the new range of Intel CPUs are incredible - we show you why.Read more
This latest mid-range processor is a huge leap forwardsRead more
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4.5 out of 5
4 user ratings
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Intel's Core i5-9400 and -9400F CPUs, armed with with six cores and six threads, come to defend the company's gaming dominance in the mid-range market.Read more
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4.3 out of 5
38 user ratings
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General

Processor socketLGA 1151LGA 1155LGA 1151LGA 1151
Component forPC
N/A
PCPC
Operating modes64-bit64-bit64-bit64-bit

Processor

Clock speed3.6 GHz3.3 GHz2.8 GHz2.9 GHz
Number of cores4466
Number of threads4466
Thermal Design Power (TDP)65.0 W95.0 W65.0 W65.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Bus typeDMI3DMIDMI3DMI3
Idle statesyesyesyesyes
Max turbo speed
N/A
3.7 GHz4.0 GHz4.1 GHz

Integrated Graphics

On-board graphics adapteryesyesyesno
TypeIntel UHD Graphics 630Intel HD Graphics 2000Intel UHD Graphics 630Not available
On-board graphics adapter base frequency350.0 MHz850.0 MHz350.0 MHz
N/A
On-board graphics adapter DirectX version12.0
N/A
12.0
N/A

Memory

Cache6 MB6 MB9 MB9 MB
Cache typeSmart CacheL3Smart CacheSmart Cache
Memory clock speeds supported by processor2400.0 MHz
N/A
2666.0 MHz2666.0 MHz
Maximum internal memory supported by processor64.0 GB32.0 GB64.0 GB128.0 GB
Memory types supported by processorDDR4 SDRAM
N/A
DDR4 SDRAMDDR4 SDRAM
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)37.5 GB/s21.0 GB/s41.6 GB/s41.6 GB/s
Memory channelsDual
N/A
DualDual

Features

Thermal monitoring technologiesyesyesyesyes
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes16161616
Supported instruction sets
  • AVX 2.0
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
AVX
  • AVX 2.0
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
  • AVX 2.0
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
Execute disable bityesyesyesyes
Scalability1S
N/A
1S1S

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