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The Intel Core i3-8100 is a Intel desktop processor from the Intel Core lineup, built on the Coffee Lake architecture and released in 2017. This CPU features 4 cores, a base clock of 3600 MHz, maximum turbo frequency of 0 MHz and 6 MB of L3 cache. Manufactured using 14 nm process technology. The Intel Core i3-8100 is designed for the FCLGA1151 socket. It includes integrated Intel® UHD Graphics 630 graphics.

The Intel Core i5-8400 is a Intel desktop processor from the Intel Core lineup, built on the Coffee Lake architecture and released in 2018. This CPU features 6 cores, a base clock of 2800 MHz, maximum turbo frequency of 4000 MHz and 9 MB of L3 cache. Manufactured using 14 nm process technology. The Intel Core i5-8400 is designed for the FCLGA1151 socket. It includes integrated Intel® UHD Graphics 630 graphics.


Ranking

Popularity is the current popularity of the cpu. Performance is based on Blender Benchmark with 100 being best. Blender Score represents performance value per $.

Intel Core i3-8100Intel Core i5-8400
Popularity (0-100) 89%90%
Performance (0-100) 28%42%
Blender Score / $1 2.01.0

Info

Basic info about the cpu.

Intel Core i3-8100Intel Core i5-8400
Type DesktopDesktop
Cores 46
Threads 46
Speed 3.6 GHz2.8 GHz
Turbo 4 GHz
Current Price $23$76
Release Price $117
Release Date 20172018
GPU Intel® UHD Graphics 630Intel® UHD Graphics 630
Socket FCLGA1151FCLGA1151
L3 6 MB9 MB
Base TDP 65 W65 W
Max TDP
Nm 14 nm14 nm
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Benchmark

We use Blender Benchmark which measures multi core cpu performance under load.
Ranking 100% is highest performance among all ranked processors.

Intel Core i3-8100Intel Core i5-8400
Blender Score 45.872.7
Top % Ranking 28 %42 %
Blender Score / $1 2.01.0
Samples 3452

Details

Intel Core i3-8100Intel Core i5-8400
Class Intel CoreIntel Core
Code Name Coffee LakeCoffee Lake
Performance Cores 46
Efficiency Cores 00
Memory Type DDR4DDR4
Max Memory 64 MB64 MB
Bits 64-bit64-bit
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L1 Cache
L2 Cache

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