Intel Core i3-7100U Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2024-04-16

The Intel Core i3-7100U was released in Q4/2016 and has 2 cores. The processor can process 4 threads simultaneously and uses a mainboard with the socket BGA 1356. In the Geekbench 5 benchmark, the Intel Core i3-7100U achieved a result of 585 points (single-core) or 1,436 points (multi-core).

CPU lineage
In this classification you can see to which group of processors the Intel Core i3-7100U belongs. We also show the direct predecessor and successor of Intel Core i3-7100U.
Name:	Intel Core i3-7100U
Family:	Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU group:	Intel Core i 7000U (18)
Architecture:	Kaby Lake U
Segment:	Mobile
Generation:	7
Predecessor:	Intel Core i3-6100U
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i3-7100U has 2 cores. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i3-7100U is 2.40 GHz. An initial performance assessment can be made using the number of CPU cores.

CPU Cores / Threads:	2 / 4
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	2x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	2.40 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	--
Turbo Frequency (2 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.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i3-7100U has an integrated graphics that the system can use to efficiently play back videos. The Intel Core i3-7100U has the Intel HD Graphics 620 installed, which has 24 streaming multiprocessors (192 shaders).

GPU name:	Intel HD Graphics 620
GPU frequency:	0.30 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	1.00 GHz
Compute units:	24
Shader:	192
Hardware Raytracing:	No
Release date:	Q2/2016

Max. displays:	3
Generation:	9.5
Direct X:	12
Technology:	14 nm
Max. GPU Memory:	32 GB
Frame Generation:	No

Hardware codec support

Processors with integrated graphics can process video codecs faster. Support for modern codecs can significantly increase system efficiency during video playback.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	Decode / Encode
h264:	Decode / Encode
VP8:	Decode / Encode
VP9:	Decode / Encode

AV1:	No
AVC:	Decode / Encode
VC-1:	Decode
JPEG:	Decode / Encode

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The Intel Core i3-7100U supports a maximum of 32 GB memory. Depending on the mainboard, the processor can use a maximum of 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum bandwidth of the main memory of 34.1 GB/s.

LPDDR3-1866 DDR4-2133	29.9 GB/s 34.1 GB/s
Max. Memory:	32 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	No
PCIe:	3.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth:	11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management The Intel Core i3-7100U has a TDP of 15 W. Based on the TDP, the system manufacturer can and must adapt the cooling solution to the processor.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	15 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	7.5 W
Tjunction max.:	100 °C

Technical details

Modern production reduces the waste heat of a processor and increases its efficiency. The Intel Core i3-7100U is made in 14 nm and has 3.00 MB cache.

Technology:	14 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	BGA 1356
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	3.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Linux

Virtualization:	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date:	Q4/2016
Release price:	281 $
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Core i3-7100U have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

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 i7-2715QE 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	587
	Intel Pentium G3220T 2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz	587
	Intel Core i3-4100M 2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	586
	Intel Core i3-7100U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	585
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 5G 8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	585
	AMD FX-8370 8C 8T @ 4.30 GHz	585
	Intel Core i5-2435M 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	584

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 i7-3555LE 2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	1439
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 non LTE 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	1439
	Intel Core i5-5200U 2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	1438
	Intel Core i3-7100U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	1436
	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U 2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz	1436
	AMD A8-7650K 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	1433
	Intel Core i5-4300U 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	1433

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 i5-5200U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	845
	Intel Core i5-5250U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	845
	Samsung Exynos 1280 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	845
	Intel Core i3-7100U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	841
	Intel Core i5-4258U 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	838
	Intel Pentium Gold G5600F 2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	837
	Intel Xeon D-1540 8C 16T @ 2.60 GHz	837

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 i5-4300U 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	1722
	Intel Core i3-6157U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	1714
	MediaTek Dimensity 810 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	1705
	Intel Core i3-7100U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	1699
	Intel Pentium Gold G5400 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	1690
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G 8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz	1684
	Intel Core i5-7Y57 2C 4T @ 1.20 GHz	1682

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 i5-4200U 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	216
	Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 14C 28T @ 3.30 GHz	213
	AMD FX-6350 6C 6T @ 4.20 GHz	212
	Intel Core i3-7100U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	209
	AMD Phenom II X6 1100T 6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz	209
	Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz	209
	AMD FX-8350 8C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	209

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.


	AMD Athlon II X4 615e 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	457
	AMD Phenom II X3 720 3C 3T @ 2.80 GHz	450
	Intel Core i5-4210U 2C 4T @ 2.35 GHz	449
	Intel Core i3-7100U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	448
	Intel Pentium G3258 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	443
	AMD Athlon II X4 600e 4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	438
	Intel Core i7-3667U 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	420

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.


	AMD A8-5500 AMD Radeon HD 7560D @ 0.76 GHz	389
	AMD A8-5500B AMD Radeon HD 7560D @ 0.76 GHz	389
	AMD A8-5600K AMD Radeon HD 7560D @ 0.76 GHz	389
	Intel Core i3-7100U Intel HD Graphics 620 @ 1.00 GHz	384
	Intel Core i5-14450HX Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (16 EU) @ 1.50 GHz	384
	Intel Atom x7425E Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs (Alder Lake) @ 1.00 GHz	384
	Intel Processor N200 Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Alder Lake) @ 0.75 GHz	384

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 i5-5300U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	2740
	Intel Core i5-4422E 2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz	2732
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 4G 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	2726
	Intel Core i3-7100U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	2720
	MediaTek Helio P95 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	2714
	Intel Core m3-7Y32 2C 4T @ 1.10 GHz	2706
	AMD Athlon II X4 740 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	2705

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 Pentium G3258 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	685
	Intel Core i5-2450M 2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	682
	Intel Pentium G3420 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	673
	Intel Core i3-7100U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	671
	Intel Pentium G3250 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	671
	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U 2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz	668
	Intel Pentium Gold 5405U 2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz	666

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 i5-4460T 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	105
	Intel Pentium G3220T 2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz	105
	Intel Xeon E5-2650L v4 14C 28T @ 2.50 GHz	104
	Intel Core i3-7100U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	103
	Intel Core i5-4260U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	103
	Intel Core i3-3250T 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	103
	AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 6C 6T @ 3.60 GHz	103

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.


	AMD Phenom II X4 810 4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	263
	AMD Phenom II X4 910 4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	263
	Intel Core i5-4258U 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	263
	Intel Core i3-7100U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	262
	Intel Core i7-8500Y 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	261
	Intel Core i7-4500U 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	261
	Intel Core i3-3240T 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	260

Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,479 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,452 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,745 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,693 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
654 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
602 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,010 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,386 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
732 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,106 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,101 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
942 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
938 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
825 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
836 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

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