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Intel Core i3-2100: specs and benchmarks

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Summary

Intel started Intel Core i3-2100 sales 20 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 3.1 and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA1155 processor with a TDP of 65 Watt. It supports DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333 memory.

It provides poor benchmark performance at 2.04 percent of a leader's which is AMD EPYC 7763.

General info

Of Core i3-2100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in our rating

1600

Value for money (0-100)

2.57

Market segment

Desktop processor

Architecture codename

Sandy Bridge

Launch date

20 February 2011 (10 years ago)

Launch price (MSRP)

$73

Price now

$125

of 14999 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technical specs

Basic processor 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

Threads

Base clock speed

3.1 GHz

of 4.7 (FX-9590)

Boost clock speed

3.1 GHz

of 5.3 (Core i9-10900KF)

L1 cache

64 KB (per core)

of 896 (Atom C3950)

L2 cache

256 KB (per core)

of 12288 (Core 2 Quad Q9550)

L3 cache

3 MB (shared)

of 32 (Ryzen Threadripper 1998)

Chip lithography

32 nm

of 5 (Apple M1)

Die size

131 mm²

Maximum core temperature

69 °C

of 110 (Atom x7-E3950)

Transistor count

504 million

of 16000 (Apple M1)

64 bit support

Compatibility

Information on Core i3-2100 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.

Number of CPUs in a configuration

of 8 (Opteron 842)

Socket

FCLGA1155

Thermal design power (TDP)

65 Watt

of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities 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 Technology

Hyper-Threading Technology

Idle States

Thermal Monitoring

Flex Memory Access

FDI

Fast Memory Access

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

EDB

Identity Protection

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d

VT-x

EPT

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core i3-2100's memory controller.

Supported memory types

DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333

of 4266 (Ryzen 9 4900H)

Maximum memory size

32 GB

of 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3)

Max memory channels

of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)

Maximum memory bandwidth

21 GB/s

of 281.6 (Xeon Platinum 9221)

Graphics specifications

General parameters of GPU integrated into Core i3-2100.

Integrated graphics card

Intel HD Graphics 2000

Quick Sync Video

Clear Video HD

Graphics max frequency

1.1 GHz

InTru 3D

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i3-2100's integrated GPU.

Number of displays supported

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe revision

2.0

of 3 (Core i7-7700K)

Max number of PCIe lanes

of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Core i3-2100. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Overall 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.

2.04

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different tests, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario.

1792

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 a gaming PC, compared with system requirements of some popular titles. Remember that sometimes official hardware requirements may reflect real performance inaccurately.

Relative perfomance

Overall Core i3-2100 performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop CPUs.

100 %

Core i3-2100

AMD equivalent

We believe that the nearest equivalent to Core i3-2100 from AMD is Athlon 64 FX-72, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 1 position in our rating.