Intel Core i3-1000NG4 vs Intel Core i3-3217U

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Intel Core i3-1000NG4 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i3-3217U
Intel Core i3-1000NG4 Intel Core i3-3217U

CPU comparison

Intel Core i3-1000NG4 or Intel Core i3-3217U - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Core i3-1000NG4 has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-1000NG4 was released in Q2/2020.

The Intel Core i3-3217U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-3217U was released in Q2/2012.
Intel Core i3 (202) Family Intel Core i3 (202)
Intel Core i 1000G/10000U (19) CPU group Intel Core i 3000U (12)
10 Generation 3
Ice Lake U Architecture Ivy Bridge U
Mobile Segment Mobile
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CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i3-1000NG4 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i3-1000NG4 is 1.10 GHz (3.20 GHz) while the Intel Core i3-3217U has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i3-3217U is at 1.80 GHz.

Intel Core i3-1000NG4 Characteristic Intel Core i3-3217U
4 Cores 2
8 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.10 GHz Frequency 1.80 GHz
3.20 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
3.20 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Core i3-1000NG4 Characteristic Intel Core i3-3217U
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Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i3-1000NG4 or Intel Core i3-3217U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

Intel Iris Plus Graphics G4 GPU Intel HD Graphics 4000
0.30 GHz GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
0.90 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.10 GHz
11 GPU Generation 7
14 nm Technology 22 nm
3 Max. displays 3
48 Compute units 16
384 Shader 128
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
12 DirectX Version 11.0

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Intel Iris Plus Graphics G4 GPU Intel HD Graphics 4000
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i3-1000NG4 can use up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 59.6 GB/s. The Intel Core i3-3217U supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 25.6 GB/s.

Intel Core i3-1000NG4 Characteristic Intel Core i3-3217U
LPDDR4-3733, DDR4-3200 Memory DDR3-1600
32 GB Max. Memory 32 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
59.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 3.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 2.0
16 PCIe lanes 16
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i3-1000NG4 is 9 W, while the Intel Core i3-3217U has a TDP of 17 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Core i3-1000NG4 Characteristic Intel Core i3-3217U
9 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 17 W
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-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i3-1000NG4 is manufactured in 10 nm and has 4.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i3-3217U is manufactured in 22 nm and has a 3.00 MB cache.

Intel Core i3-1000NG4 Characteristic Intel Core i3-3217U
10 nm Technology 22 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
BGA 1377 Socket BGA 1023
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2020 Release date Q2/2012
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i3-1000NG4 Intel Core i3-1000NG4
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
1085 (100%)
Intel Core i3-3217U Intel Core i3-3217U
2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
370 (34%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i3-1000NG4 Intel Core i3-1000NG4
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
2416 (100%)
Intel Core i3-3217U Intel Core i3-3217U
2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
860 (36%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core i3-1000NG4 Intel Core i3-1000NG4
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
1278 (100%)
Intel Core i3-3217U Intel Core i3-3217U
2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
318 (25%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core i3-1000NG4 Intel Core i3-1000NG4
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
2241 (100%)
Intel Core i3-3217U Intel Core i3-3217U
2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
664 (30%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core i3-1000NG4 Intel Core i3-1000NG4
Intel Iris Plus Graphics G4 @ 0.90 GHz
691 (100%)
Intel Core i3-3217U Intel Core i3-3217U
Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.10 GHz
282 (41%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Core i3-1000NG4 Intel Core i3-1000NG4
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
3784 (100%)
Intel Core i3-3217U Intel Core i3-3217U
2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
1207 (32%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i3-1000NG4 Intel Core i3-1000NG4
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
142 (100%)
Intel Core i3-3217U Intel Core i3-3217U
2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
64 (45%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i3-1000NG4 Intel Core i3-1000NG4
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
326 (100%)
Intel Core i3-3217U Intel Core i3-3217U
2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
153 (47%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i3-1000NG4 Intel Core i3-1000NG4
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
898 (100%)
Intel Core i3-3217U Intel Core i3-3217U
2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i3-1000NG4 Intel Core i3-1000NG4
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
1701 (100%)
Intel Core i3-3217U Intel Core i3-3217U
2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i3-1000NG4 Intel Core i3-1000NG4
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
348 (100%)
Intel Core i3-3217U Intel Core i3-3217U
2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i3-1000NG4 Intel Core i3-1000NG4
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
612 (100%)
Intel Core i3-3217U Intel Core i3-3217U
2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core i3-1000NG4 Intel Core i3-1000NG4
4C 8T @ 1.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-3217U Intel Core i3-3217U
2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
439 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i3-1000NG4 Intel Core i3-3217U
Apple MacBook Air (2020) Unknown

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