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Intel Core i3-7100U vs Intel Core i9-9960X

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 54 %
Intel Core i3-7100U
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i9-9960X
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 11 %
Intel Core i3-7100U
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i9-9960X
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-7100U
2C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
841
Intel Core i9-9960X
16C / 32T · 4.50 GHz
1,459
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-7100U
2C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
1,699
Intel Core i9-9960X
16C / 32T · 4.10 GHz
11,020
Cinebench R20 Single-Core

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-7100U
2C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
209 cb
Intel Core i9-9960X
16C / 32T · 4.50 GHz
457 cb
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 i9-9960X
16C / 32T · 4.50 GHz
1,174
Cinebench R20 Multi-Core

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-7100U
2C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
448 cb
Intel Core i9-9960X
16C / 32T · 4.10 GHz
6,671 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 i9-9960X
16C / 32T · 4.10 GHz
14,314
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-7100U
2C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
103 cb
Intel Core i9-9960X
16C / 32T · 4.50 GHz
200 cb
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-7100U
2C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
262 cb
Intel Core i9-9960X
16C / 32T · 4.10 GHz
2,872 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

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Intel Core i3-7100UIntel Core i9-9960X
FamilyIntel Core i3 (205)Intel Core i9 (81)
CPU groupIntel Core i 7000U (18)Intel Core i 9000X (8)
ArchitectureKaby Lake USkylake X Refresh
Technology14 nm14 nm
SegmentNotebookDesktop
SocketBGA 1356LGA 2066
PredecessorIntel Core i3-6100UIntel Core i9-7960X
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i3-7100UIntel Core i9-9960X
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 416 / 32
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 16x
Frequency: 2.40 GHz 3.10 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.50 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 4.10 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache3.00 MB22.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i3-7100UIntel Core i9-9960X
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 620no iGPU
GPU frequency0.30 - 1.00 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 192 /
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory32 GB
Technology14 nm
Release dateQ2/2016

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i3-7100UIntel Core i9-9960X
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i3-7100UIntel Core i9-9960X
MemoryDDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
LPDDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
DDR4-2666 (85.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory32 GB128 GB
Memory channels24
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 123.0 x 44
PCIe Bandwidth11.8 GB/s43.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i3-7100UIntel Core i9-9960X
TDP15 W165 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down7.5 W
T. junction max.100 °C92 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i3-7100UIntel Core i9-9960X
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, AVX-512
Release dateQ4/2016Q4/2018
Release price281 $1684 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i3-7100U
Intel Core i3-7100U
2C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
Intel Core i9-9960X
Intel Core i9-9960X
16C / 32T · 3.10 - 4.50 GHz

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