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Intel Core i3-6100 vs Intel Core i7-7700

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 87 %
Intel Core i3-6100
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-7700
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 50 %
Intel Core i3-6100
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-7700
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
1,208
Intel Core i7-7700
4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz
1,272
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
2,355
Intel Core i7-7700
4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz
4,284
Cinebench R20 Single-Core

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
368 cb
Intel Core i7-7700
4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz
414 cb
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
901
Intel Core i7-7700
4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz
1,066
Cinebench R20 Multi-Core

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
916 cb
Intel Core i7-7700
4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz
2,138 cb
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
2,064
Intel Core i7-7700
4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz
4,081
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i3-6100
Intel HD Graphics 530
403
Intel Core i7-7700
Intel HD Graphics 630
442
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
947.2 s
Intel Core i7-7700
4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz
387.7 s
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Single-Core

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
357
Intel Core i7-7700
4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz
435
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
1,045
Intel Core i7-7700
4C / 8T · 3.60 GHz
2,266
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
152 cb
Intel Core i7-7700
4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz
186 cb
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
392 cb
Intel Core i7-7700
4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz
901 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i3-6100Intel Core i7-7700
FamilyIntel Core i3 (205)Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU groupIntel Core i 6000 (24)Intel Core i 7000 (17)
ArchitectureSkylake SKaby Lake S
Technology14 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1151LGA 1151
PredecessorIntel Core i7-6700
SuccessorIntel Core i3-7100Intel Core i7-8700

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i3-6100Intel Core i7-7700
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 44 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 4x
Frequency: 3.70 GHz 3.60 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.20 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 4.00 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache3.00 MB8.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i3-6100Intel Core i7-7700
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 530Intel HD Graphics 630
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.05 GHz0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 19224 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays33
Max. GPU Memory32 GB64 GB
Technology14 nm14 nm
Release dateQ3/2015Q2/2016

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i3-6100Intel Core i7-7700
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i3-6100Intel Core i7-7700
MemoryDDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory64 GB64 GB
Memory channels22
ECCYesNo
PCIe3.0 x 163.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i3-6100Intel Core i7-7700
TDP51 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Intel Core i3-6100Intel Core i7-7700
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ3/2015Q1/2017
Release price117 $310 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i3-6100
Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
Intel Core i7-7700
Intel Core i7-7700
4C / 8T · 3.60 - 4.20 GHz

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