Intel Core i3-8100
| Release date: | Oct 3, 2017 | Price at Launch: | $117 |
| Cores: | 4 | Threads: | 4 |
| Base Clock: | 3.6 GHz | Type: | Desktop |
| Multithreading: | No | L2 Cache: | 1 MB |
| L3 Cache: | 6 MB | Box Cooler: | Yes |
| TDP: | 65 W | Socket: | Socket LGA 1151 |
| Memory Support: | DDR4‑2400 | Codename: | Coffee Lake |
| Process Size: | 14 nm | Integrated Graphics: | Yes |
| iGPU Model: | Intel UHD Graphics 630 | NPU: | No |
| PCIe Support: | PCIe 3.0, 16 Lanes |
Performance Benchmarks
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Price History
Intel Core i3-8100 pricing
| Price | Date | |
| Current | $169 | Dec 15, 2025 |
| Highest* | $169 | Dec 4, 2025 |
| Lowest* | $39 | Sep 16, 2025 |
| Average | $67 | |
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Reviews and Ratings
Average Score
Based on 5 reviews
User Score
Based on 2,535 reviews
Reviewers Liked
- Four physical cores
- Good mix of gaming and application performance
Reviewers Didn't Like
- No Hyper-Threading
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By Tom's Hardware UK onIntel's Core i3-8100 offers four physical cores for a mere ~$120, which is a tremendous value compared to the previous generation Intel models. We'll be even more impressed when reasonably priced B350 motherboards come to market.
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By HEXUS.net onIf you are on a tight budget and haven't upgraded your CPU in a few generations, the Core i3 8100 is a very competent offering at around $120 USD. This 3.6GHz quad-core CPU performed very well in our tests: almost always faster than the Ryzen 3 1300X, generally on par or beating a Core i5 Skylake, and overall delivering good performance as we've seen already out of the i5-8400 and i7-8700K with these new elevated core counts.
By Phoronix onpro Monat12 Monatebeim Abschluss eines 12-Monats-Abospro Monat3 Monatepro Monat1 Monatmehr Infos zu Plus oder einloggenWie schlägt sich Intels relativ günstiger Core i3 8100 mit vier Kernen im Test gegen teurere Modelle von AMD und Intel mit mehr Kernen...
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Sur cette huitième série de Core i3, Intel passe le nombre de cœurs physiques de 2 à 4, mais laisse de côté l'Hyper-threading, présent sur les précédentes générations. Cela permet néanmoins d'observer un bond non négligeable, puisque la série Core i3...
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