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Intel Core i3-7100U vs Intel Core i7-3520M

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 99 %
Intel Core i3-7100U
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-3520M
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 95 %
Intel Core i3-7100U
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-3520M
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-7100U
2C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
841
Intel Core i7-3520M
2C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
685
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-7100U
2C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
1,699
Intel Core i7-3520M
2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz
1,446
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i3-7100U
2C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
585
Intel Core i7-3520M
2C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
740
Cinebench R20 Multi-Core

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-7100U
2C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
448 cb
Intel Core i7-3520M
2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz
663 cb
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i3-7100U
2C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
1,436
Intel Core i7-3520M
2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz
1,613
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i3-7100U
Intel HD Graphics 620
384
Intel Core i7-3520M
Intel HD Graphics 4000
320
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i3-7100U
2C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
671
Intel Core i7-3520M
2C / 4T · 2.90 GHz
835

More benchmarks

At a glance

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FamilyIntel Core i3 (205)Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU groupIntel Core i 7000U (18)Intel Core i 3000M (29)
ArchitectureKaby Lake UIvy Bridge H
Technology14 nm22 nm
SegmentNotebookNotebook
SocketBGA 1356BGA 1023
PredecessorIntel Core i3-6100U
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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CPU Cores / Threads2 / 42 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 2x
Frequency: 2.40 GHz 2.90 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.60 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 3.40 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache3.00 MB4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 620Intel HD Graphics 4000
GPU frequency0.30 - 1.00 GHz0.65 - 1.25 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 19216 / 128
Raytracing
Max. displays33
Max. GPU Memory32 GB2 GB
Technology14 nm22 nm
Release dateQ2/2016Q1/2011

NPU AI performance

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AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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MemoryDDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
LPDDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR3L-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
Max. Memory32 GB32 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 123.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth11.8 GB/s15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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TDP15 W35 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down7.5 W
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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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, AVX
Release dateQ4/2016Q2/2012
Release price281 $346 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i3-7100U
Intel Core i3-7100U
2C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
Intel Core i7-3520M
Intel Core i7-3520M
2C / 4T · 2.90 - 3.60 GHz

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