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Intel Core i3 8100 Cpu
Intel Core i3 8100
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Intel Core i5 6600K Cpu
Intel Core i5 6600K
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Intel Core i5 9400F Cpu
Intel Core i5 9400F
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Intel Pentium G4400 Cpu
Intel Pentium G4400
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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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Intel has finally unveiled their 6th Generation processors codenamed Skylake. We take a look at the new unlocked 6600K and 6700K CPUs to see what improvements have been made.Read more
Though limited to four cores/four threads, the Core i5-6600K is a strong pick for price-conscious performance hounds and future-looking gamers seeking a powerful CPU at a reasonable price.Read more
In the last few years, reviewing an Intel CPU from a gaming perspective has always been something of a challenge. Typic…Read more
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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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General

Processor socketLGA 1151LGA 1151LGA 1151LGA 1151
Component forPCPCPCPC
Operating modes64-bit64-bit64-bit
  • 32-bit
  • 64-bit

Processor

Clock speed3.6 GHz3.5 GHz2.9 GHz3.3 GHz
Number of cores4462
Number of threads4462
Thermal Design Power (TDP)65.0 W91.0 W65.0 W47.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Bus typeDMI3DMIDMI3DMI3
Idle statesyesyesyesyes
Max turbo speed
N/A
3.9 GHz4.1 GHz
N/A

Integrated Graphics

On-board graphics adapteryesyesnoyes
TypeIntel UHD Graphics 630Intel HD Graphics 530Not availableIntel HD Graphics 510
On-board graphics adapter base frequency350.0 MHz350.0 MHz
N/A
350.0 MHz
On-board graphics adapter DirectX version12.012.0
N/A
12.0

Memory

Cache6 MB6 MB9 MB3 MB
Cache typeSmart CacheL3Smart CacheSmart Cache
Memory clock speeds supported by processor2400.0 MHz
  • 1866
  • 1333
  • 2133
  • 1600
2666.0 MHz
  • 1866
  • 1333
  • 2133
  • 1600
Maximum internal memory supported by processor64.0 GB64.0 GB128.0 GB64.0 GB
Memory types supported by processorDDR4 SDRAM
  • DDR3L SDRAM
  • DDR4 SDRAM
DDR4 SDRAM
  • DDR3L SDRAM
  • DDR4 SDRAM
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)37.5 GB/s34.1 GB/s41.6 GB/s34.1 GB/s
Memory channelsDualDualDualDual

Thermals

Cooler includednononoyes
Thermal specification212.0 °F
N/A
212.0 °F
N/A

Features

Thermal monitoring technologiesyesyesyesyes
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes16161616
Supported instruction sets
  • AVX 2.0
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
  • AVX 2.0
  • AVX 2.0
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
Execute disable bityesyesyesyes
Scalability1S1S1S1S

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