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Intel Core i3 8100 vs Intel Pentium G4560

Intel Core i3 8100 Cpu
Intel Core i3 8100
Intel Pentium G4560 Cpu
Intel Pentium G4560
Editiorial reviews
3
3 editorial reviews
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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4
4 editorial reviews
Hyper-Threading in a Pentium? It's blasphemy, and also pretty cool.Read more
Set at 3.5GHz, the Pentium G4560 is poised to be the bargain CPU of 2017. It's only 200MHz slower than the much loved Core i3-6100, amazing news...Read more
Kaby Lake's improved transistors allow Intel to clock its Pentium CPUs a few hundred megahertz higher. More important, though, the company arms them with Hyper-Threading technology. We test the Pentium G4620 and G4560 models to gauge their value.Read more
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User rating
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4.3 out of 5
38 user ratings
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4.1 out of 5
39 user ratings
5 stars
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Full Comparison

General

Intel Core i3 8100Intel Core i3 8100
Intel Pentium G4560Intel Pentium G4560
Processor socketLGA 1151LGA 1151
Component forPCPC
Operating modes64-bit64-bit

Processor

Intel Core i3 8100Intel Core i3 8100
Intel Pentium G4560Intel Pentium G4560
Clock speed3.6 GHz3.5 GHz
Number of cores42
Number of threads44
Thermal Design Power (TDP)65.0 W54.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in
Bus typeDMI3DMI3
Idle statesyesyes

Integrated Graphics

Intel Core i3 8100Intel Core i3 8100
Intel Pentium G4560Intel Pentium G4560
On-board graphics adapteryesyes
TypeIntel UHD Graphics 630Intel HD Graphics 610
On-board graphics adapter base frequency350.0 MHz350.0 MHz
On-board graphics adapter DirectX version12.012.0

Memory

Intel Core i3 8100Intel Core i3 8100
Intel Pentium G4560Intel Pentium G4560
Cache6 MB3 MB
Memory clock speeds supported by processor2400.0 MHz
  • 1333
  • 1600
  • 2133
  • 2400
Maximum internal memory supported by processor64.0 GB64.0 GB
Memory types supported by processorDDR4 SDRAM
  • DDR3L SDRAM
  • DDR4 SDRAM
Memory channelsDualDual

Thermals

Intel Core i3 8100Intel Core i3 8100
Intel Pentium G4560Intel Pentium G4560
Cooler includednoyes
Thermal specification212.0 °F212.0 °F

Features

Intel Core i3 8100Intel Core i3 8100
Intel Pentium G4560Intel Pentium G4560
Thermal monitoring technologiesyesyes
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes1616
Supported instruction sets
  • AVX 2.0
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
Execute disable bityesyes
Scalability1S1S

Pros & Cons

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      Cons

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