Component comparison
Core i5-8250U vs Core 3 100U
Core i5-8250U vs Core 3 100U — detailed CPU comparison: performance, cores, frequencies.
Advantages
A
Core i5-8250U
- + Base clock (GHz) (+0.40 GHz)
B
Core 3 100U
- + Release year (+7)
- + Cores (+2)
- + Boost clock (GHz) (+1.30 GHz)
- + L1 cache (KB) (+480 KB)
- + L3 cache (MB) (+4 MB)
- + Lithography (nm) (-4 nm)
- + PassMark (overall) (+6482)
- + Normalized score (+10.1)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
Core i5-8250U
|
Component B
Core 3 100U
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2017 | 2024 (+7) |
| Cores | 4 | 6 (+2) |
| Threads | 8 | 8 |
| Base clock (GHz) | 1.60 GHz (+0.40 GHz) | 1.20 GHz |
| Boost clock (GHz) | 3.40 GHz | 4.70 GHz (+1.30 GHz) |
| L1 cache (KB) | 64 KB | 544 KB (+480 KB) |
| L2 cache (KB) | 256 KB | — |
| L3 cache (MB) | 6 MB | 10 MB (+4 MB) |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 37 GB/s | — |
| Memory channels | 2 | — |
| Max memory (GB) | 32 GB | — |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 15 W | 15 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 14 nm | 10 nm (-4 nm) |
| Critical temp (°C) | 100 °C | 100 °C |
| PassMark (overall) | 6,158 | 12,640 (+6482) |
| PassMark (single-thread) | — | — |
| Geekbench 5 (single-core) | 771 | — |
| Geekbench 5 (multi-core) | 1,971 | — |
| Normalized score | 35.9 | 46.0 (+10.1) |
Only in component A
amd_v
In both
AVX
AVX2
AES-NI
VT-x
VT-d
Based on the comparison:
Core 3 100U wins 8 of the comparable criteria.
The choice depends on your use case.
🤔 How to choose
Universal advice for any use case.
- Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
- Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
- Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).