Intel Core i3-8100 Price, Specs & Reviews | TimeToPick

Intel Core i3-8100 Price, Specs & Reviews | TimeToPick

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About This Product

The Intel Core i3-8100 is a quad-core desktop CPU from the 8th generation Coffee Lake series. It offers adequate performance for basic office tasks, web browsing, and light multimedia consumption. For gaming, it can handle older or less demanding titles at 1080p with low to medium settings when paired with a dedicated GPU. At its current price, newer budget CPUs from both Intel and AMD offer superior multi-threaded performance and often better integrated graphics.

Best for: Basic Office PC

Pros

Integrated UHD Graphics 630
Low power consumption (65W TDP)
Suitable for basic desktop use
Stable 3.6 GHz base clock

Cons

No hyper-threading
Outperformed by modern budget CPUs
End-of-life product

Performance Benchmarks

Cross-source performance, value, and efficiency at a glance

Scores are grouped by benchmark family so it is easy to compare raw speed, threaded output, and real-world value without mixing scales.

Cinebench R23Cinebench 2024PassMark

Render Workloads

Cinebench R23

Single-Core

91240%

Multi-Core

3,6188%

Next-Gen Scale

Cinebench 2024

Single-Core

00%

Multi-Core

00%

Large Sample Pool

PassMark

Overall

6,0609%

Single-Thread

30%

PassMark rank: #2,169

Value & Efficiency

How much output you get per watt and per dollar

These derived metrics use Cinebench R23 multi-core performance to keep the value calculation consistent across the catalog.

Performance per Watt

55.7 pts/W

Performance per Dollar

36.5 pts/$

Gaming Performance

Real-world FPS snapshots for Core i3-8100

These results come from real submitted gameplay sessions, so the reference GPU matters as much as the CPU itself.

FPS data from real user submissions across various settings

Reference GPU

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

1 game in this sample

League of Legends

Mixed player settings

54 FPS

Playable

Min 36Max 80GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

Popular Comparisons

Most people compare Core i3-8100 with

These pairings are pre-ranked from the comparison engine so readers can jump straight into the most relevant alternatives.

Ryzen 3 2200G

Closest Rival

vs AMD Ryzen 3 2200G

Multi-core 3,587 · $100

"3% slower single-core, tied multi-core, similar price"

Upgrade Verdict

This is a sidegrade, not an upgrade. Both CPUs offer similar core/thread counts and performance. You'd also need a new motherboard, making this an expensive lateral move for minimal gain.

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Compatible Motherboards (0)

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No compatible motherboards are in our catalog yet for this socket.

Compatible RAM (6606)

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Mushkin Blackline 16 GB

4x4GBDDR4-2133

N/A

GeIL TUF SUPER LUCE 8 GB

2x4GBDDR4-2400

N/A

Apacer AU 4 GB

1x4GBDDR4-2666

N/A

KFA2 Hall Of Fame Extreme 16 GB

2x8GBDDR4-4000

N/A

Compatible CPU Coolers (0)

No compatible CPU coolers are in our catalog yet for this socket.

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