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Intel Core i3-7100 vs Intel Core i5-8500T

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-7100
Rank 2 - 95 %
Intel Core i5-8500T
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 56 %
Intel Core i3-7100
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-8500T
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
1,225
Intel Core i5-8500T
6C / 6T · 3.50 GHz
1,167
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
2,436
Intel Core i5-8500T
6C / 6T · 3.00 GHz
3,974
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
973
Intel Core i5-8500T
6C / 6T · 3.50 GHz
924
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
2,076
Intel Core i5-8500T
6C / 6T · 3.00 GHz
3,877
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i3-7100
Intel HD Graphics 630
422
Intel Core i5-8500T
Intel UHD Graphics 630
442
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
1,104
Intel Core i5-8500T
6C / 6T · 2.10 GHz
2,103
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
168 cb
Intel Core i5-8500T
6C / 6T · 3.50 GHz
148 cb
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
425 cb
Intel Core i5-8500T
6C / 6T · 3.00 GHz
751 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i3-7100Intel Core i5-8500T
FamilyIntel Core i3 (205)Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU groupIntel Core i 7000 (17)Intel Core i 8000 (20)
ArchitectureKaby Lake SCoffee Lake S
Technology14 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1151LGA 1151-2
PredecessorIntel Core i3-6100Intel Core i5-7500T
SuccessorIntel Core i3-8100Intel Core i5-9500T

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i3-7100Intel Core i5-8500T
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 46 / 6
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 6x
Frequency: 3.90 GHz 2.10 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.50 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 3.00 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache3.00 MB9.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i3-7100Intel Core i5-8500T
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 630Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.10 GHz0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 19224 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays33
Max. GPU Memory64 GB64 GB
Technology14 nm14 nm
Release dateQ2/2016Q4/2017

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i3-7100Intel Core i5-8500T
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i3-7100Intel Core i5-8500T
MemoryDDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
Max. Memory64 GB128 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 163.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i3-7100Intel Core i5-8500T
TDP51 W95 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i3-7100Intel Core i5-8500T
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ1/2017Q2/2018
Release price275 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i3-7100
Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
Intel Core i5-8500T
Intel Core i5-8500T
6C / 6T · 2.10 - 3.50 GHz

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