Intel Core i3-2100: specs and benchmarks
General info
Technical specs
Technologies
Memory
Integrated video card
Benchmarks
Mining
Gaming
AMD equivalent
Advices and comments
Summary
Intel started Core i3-2100 sales on February 2011 at a recommended price of $73. This is Sandy Bridge architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 2 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 32 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3.10 GHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is a FCLGA1155 processor with a TDP of 65 Watt. It supports DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333 memory.
It provides poor benchmark performance at 11.59 percent of a leader's which is AMD Ryzen 9 3900X.
General info
Of Core i3-2100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture and sales start time and price.
Value for money (0-100)
8.36
Type
Desktop
Achitecture codename
Sandy Bridge
Release date
February 2011
Technical specs
Core i3-2100's quantitative parameters such as cores and threads number, clocks, manufacturing process, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of Core i3-2100's performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
Number of cores
2
Number of threads
4
Maximum frequency
3.1 GHz
of 5
L1 cache
64 KB (per core)
of 768
L2 cache
256 KB (per core)
of 16384
L3 cache
3072 KB (shared)
of 65536
Manufacturing process technology
32 nm
of 7
Die size
131 mm2
Transistor count
504 million
of 19200
64 bit support
+
Compatibility
Information on Core i3-2100 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one.
Max number of CPUs in a configuration
1
of 8
Socket
FCLGA1155
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i3-2100. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
Instruction set extensions
Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX
vPro
-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)
+
Turbo Boost
-
Hyper-Threading
+
Idle States
+
Thermal Monitoring
+
Flex Memory Access
+
FDI
+
Fast Memory Access
+
Security technologies
Core i3-2100 technologies aimed at raising security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
TXT
-
EDB
+
Identity Protection
+
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i3-2100 are enumerated here.
VT-d
-
VT-x
+
EPT
+
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core i3-2100.
Supported memory types
DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333
Maximum memory size
32 GB
Max memory channels
2
Maximum memory bandwidth
21 GB / s
Graphics specifications
General parameters of GPU integrated into Core i3-2100.
Graphics max frequency
1.1 GHz
Quick Sync
+
Clear Video HD
+
InTru 3D
+
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Core i3-2100's integrated GPU.
Number of displays supported
2
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of Core i3-2100's supported peripherals.
PCIe revision
2.0
Max number of PCIe lanes
16
Benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmarks performance of Core i3-2100. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
Overall benchmark performance
11.59
Passmark
3690
3DMark Fire Strike Physics
2400
Mining hashrates
Cryptocurrency mining performance of Core i3-2100. Usually measured in megahashes per second.
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)
6.9 Mh/s
Game benchmarks
Let's see how good Core i3-2100 is for gaming compared with game system requirements. Remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect real performance inaccurately.
Relative perfomance
Overall Core i3-2100 performance compared to nearest competitors. All CPU types participate.
AMD equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Core i3-2100 from AMD is Phenom II X4 B95, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 2 positions in our rating.
