Core i3-6102E: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Core i3-6102E provides poor benchmark performance at 1.48% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.
Summary
Intel started Core i3-6102E sales 12 October 2015 at a recommended price of $225. This is a Skylake architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 2 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 1900 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is processor with a TDP of 25 Watt. It supports LPDDR3-1866 memory.
Primary details
Core i3-6102E processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 2152 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.08 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Series | Intel Core i3 | |
| Power efficiency | 5.60 | of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U) |
| Architecture codename | Skylake (2015−2016) | |
| Release date | 12 October 2015 (9 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $225 | of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L) |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 2 (Dual-core) | |
| Threads | 4 | |
| Boost clock speed | 1.9 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| Bus type | DMI 3.0 | |
| Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | |
| Multiplier | 19 | of 42 (Core i7-7700K) |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 3 MB | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | of 3 nm (Core Ultra 9 285K) |
| Die size | 98.57 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 1750 Million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Core i3-6102E compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 (Uniprocessor) | of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | of 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Core i3-6102E. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| TSX | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-d | + | |
| VT-x | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core i3-6102E's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | LPDDR3-1866 | |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | of 6 TiB (EPYC 9654) |
| Max memory channels | 2 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 34.134 GB/s | of 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9654) |
| ECC memory support | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Core i3-6102E.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel HD Graphics 530 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | of 5.0 (EPYC 9655P) |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | of 128 (EPYC 9655P) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Core i3-6102E. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
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AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Core i3-6102E is Athlon II X4 740, which is faster by 14% and higher by 101 positions in our ranking.
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Recommended GPUs
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These are the fastest graphics cards for Core i3-6102E in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 1 configurations using Core i3-6102E in our database.
