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derekhale2629 · Feb 10, 2016

You're CPU hierarchy chart has not been updated in months.No Skylake CPUs are even on the chart. Why have you not updated this since November?

spdragoo · Feb 10, 2016

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-cpus,3986.html

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/cpu-hierarchy,4312.html

Apparently, you're not reading it closely enough, as Skylake CPUs show up both in their list of recommended CPUs & the hierarchy chart.

However... if you're saying that because core i3s are missing from the hierarchy list, it could be because a) they simply forgot to add them to the list, b) the limitations of dual-core CPUs like the core i3s is such that Tom's isn't really recommending them anymore, or c) they figured that the list of all of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th generation i3s in the 1st-tier listing was enough to let people realize that Skylake CPUs would fit there as well.

clutchc · Feb 10, 2016

+1^
You may be going to an old link you stored on your computer. They set the page for the hierarchy chart to a different URL this time.

derekhale2629 · Feb 13, 2016

Yes you are correct I was specifically looking for how THW thinks the Core i3-6100 compares to the 2500k and 3570k for modern games. I do see the Skylake processors on there. I understand you think the i3 has gaming limitations as it's a dual core but the fact that it has 4 threads makes it at least a contender for budget gaming PCs. I think DDR4 and BCLK overclocking are allowing the i3 to compete with older generation i5's and i7's
Plus the 2500k and 3570k USED to be in the same tier, now suddenly the 2500k is a tier below, along with the 2600k and 2700k but I suppose that's a different thread for a different time. I have the Core i3-6100 mated to a Z170 chipset and 8GB DDR4-2400 and I have an i5-2500k mated to a Z77 chipset and 8GB DDR3-1600 with a 4.4GHz OC
and I don't see any real world difference (the place that actually matters) between the 2 when gaming.
I'm sure plastic benchmarks will tell a different story though. I DID notice a difference when running an i3-4170 as there was some lag and framerate drop below 30fps. I disagree with your statement about all i3's being equal. The 6th gen. brings with it a few cheats and tricks that make up for it's only having 2 brains in it's skull that clearly allows it to compete in a gaming environment ESPECIALLY once DX12 becomes the standard. I have owned 4,6, and 8 core AMD FX and Athlon X4 processors and I would take the i3-6100 over any of those (not an Intel fanboy I just do a lot of builds) especially if gaming isn't the only thing you do with your PC. I'm sorry I'm totally rambling. END....

clutchc · Feb 13, 2016

I agree about the performance of the Hyper Threaded i3s. Even though tests show that HT'ed thread is only good for ~30% of the performance of a discrete core. I've built with most of the SB, IB, Haswell i3s and almost all of the AM3/3+, FM2/2+ CPUs, in-game benchmarked them all, and agree that the Intel processors are better at gaming. Where they might run into trouble is where a game is heavily threaded but otherwise not very CPU intensive. But the faster IPC of the i3 usually wins out anyway. However, I haven't tried the 6th gen i3's yet. That will be my next build, I think.

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