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Intel Core i3 8100 Cpu
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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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Although the processing cores in Intel’s Sandy Bridge architecture are decidedly similar to Nehalem, the integration of on-die graphics and a ring bus improves performance for mainstream users. Intel’s Quick Sync is this design’s secret weapon, though.Read more
Sandy Bridge is here, and it'll blow you awayRead more
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4.3 out of 5
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General

Processor socketLGA 1151LGA 1151LGA 1155
Component forPCPCPC
Operating modes64-bit64-bit64-bit

Processor

Clock speed3.6 GHz2.8 GHz3.4 GHz
Number of cores464
Number of threads468
Thermal Design Power (TDP)65.0 W65.0 W95.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Bus typeDMI3DMI3DMI
Idle statesyesyesyes
Max turbo speed
N/A
4.0 GHz3.8 GHz

Integrated Graphics

On-board graphics adapteryesyesyes
TypeIntel UHD Graphics 630Intel UHD Graphics 630Intel HD Graphics 3000
On-board graphics adapter base frequency350.0 MHz350.0 MHz850.0 MHz
On-board graphics adapter DirectX version12.012.0
N/A

Memory

Cache6 MB9 MB8 MB
Cache typeSmart CacheSmart CacheSmart Cache
Memory clock speeds supported by processor2400.0 MHz2666.0 MHz
  • 1066
  • 1333
Maximum internal memory supported by processor64.0 GB64.0 GB32.0 GB
Memory types supported by processorDDR4 SDRAMDDR4 SDRAMDDR3 SDRAM
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)37.5 GB/s41.6 GB/s21.0 GB/s
Memory channelsDualDualDual

Features

Thermal monitoring technologiesyesyesyes
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes161616
Supported instruction sets
  • AVX 2.0
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
  • AVX 2.0
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
AVX
Execute disable bityesyesyes
Scalability1S1S
N/A

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