Intel Core i3-7100U vs Intel Pentium J4205

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i3-7100U CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium J4205
Intel Core i3-7100U Intel Pentium J4205

CPU comparison

Intel Core i3-7100U or Intel Pentium J4205 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Core i3-7100U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.40 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-7100U was released in Q4/2016.

The Intel Pentium J4205 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium J4205 was released in Q3/2016.
Intel Core i3 Family Intel Pentium
Intel Core i 7000U CPU group Intel Pentium J4000/N4000
7 Generation 8
Kaby Lake U Architecture Apollo Lake
Mobile Segment Mobile
Intel Core i3-6100U Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i3-7100U has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i3-7100U is 2.40 GHz while the Intel Pentium J4205 has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium J4205 is at --.

2 Cores 4
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.40 GHz Frequency 1.50 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 2.60 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.40 GHz

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i3-7100U or Intel Pentium J4205 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

Intel HD Graphics 620 GPU Intel HD Graphics 505
0.30 GHz GPU frequency 0.25 GHz
1.00 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.80 GHz
9.5 GPU Generation 9
14 nm Technology 14 nm
3 Max. displays 3
24 Execution units 18
192 Shader 144
32 GB Max. GPU Memory 8 GB
12 DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i3-7100U can use up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 34.1 GB/s. The Intel Pentium J4205 supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 38.4 GB/s.

DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866 Memory DDR3-1866, DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-1866
32 GB Max. Memory 8 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
34.1 GB/s Bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
No ECC No
L2 Cache
3.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 2.0
12 PCIe lanes 6

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i3-7100U is 15 W, while the Intel Pentium J4205 has a TDP of 10 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 10 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
7.5 W TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i3-7100U is manufactured in 14 nm and has 3.00 MB cache. The Intel Pentium J4205 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 3.00 MB cache.

14 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
BGA 1356 Socket BGA 1296
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q4/2016 Release date Q3/2016
281 $ Release price 161 $
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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 i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
209 (100%)
Intel Pentium J4205 Intel Pentium J4205
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)
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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.

Intel Core i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
448 (100%)
Intel Pentium J4205 Intel Pentium J4205
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
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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 i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
841 (100%)
Intel Pentium J4205 Intel Pentium J4205
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
338 (40%)
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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 i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1699 (100%)
Intel Pentium J4205 Intel Pentium J4205
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
848 (50%)
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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 i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
585 (100%)
Intel Pentium J4205 Intel Pentium J4205
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
360 (62%)
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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 i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1436 (100%)
Intel Pentium J4205 Intel Pentium J4205
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1255 (87%)
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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.

Intel Core i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
Intel HD Graphics 620 @ 1.00 GHz
384 (100%)
Intel Pentium J4205 Intel Pentium J4205
Intel HD Graphics 505 @ 0.80 GHz
230 (60%)
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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 i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
2720 (100%)
Intel Pentium J4205 Intel Pentium J4205
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
2425 (89%)
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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 Core i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
671 (100%)
Intel Pentium J4205 Intel Pentium J4205
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)
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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 i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
103 (100%)
Intel Pentium J4205 Intel Pentium J4205
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
52 (50%)
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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.

Intel Core i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
262 (100%)
Intel Pentium J4205 Intel Pentium J4205
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
196 (75%)
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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 3 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 i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
2568 (100%)
Intel Pentium J4205 Intel Pentium J4205
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
1336 (52%)
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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 3 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 i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
5556 (100%)
Intel Pentium J4205 Intel Pentium J4205
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
4148 (75%)
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

Intel Core i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1.16 (100%)
Intel Pentium J4205 Intel Pentium J4205
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
0.61 (53%)
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

Intel Core i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
2.87 (100%)
Intel Pentium J4205 Intel Pentium J4205
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
2.26 (79%)
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)

Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The iGPU test uses the CPU internal graphic unit to execute OpenGL commands.

Intel Core i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
Intel HD Graphics 620 @ 1.00 GHz
37.2 (100%)
Intel Pentium J4205 Intel Pentium J4205
Intel HD Graphics 505 @ 0.80 GHz
28.8 (77%)
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Devices using this processor

Intel Core i3-7100U Intel Pentium J4205
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