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Intel Core i3-8100 vs Intel Core i7-920

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-8100
Rank 2 - 51 %
Intel Core i7-920
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-8100
Rank 2 - 60 %
Intel Core i7-920
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-8100
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
1,265
Intel Core i7-920
4C / 8T · 2.93 GHz
525
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-8100
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
3,627
Intel Core i7-920
4C / 8T · 2.66 GHz
1,771
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i3-8100
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
971
Intel Core i7-920
4C / 8T · 2.93 GHz
513
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i3-8100
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
3,134
Intel Core i7-920
4C / 8T · 2.66 GHz
2,085
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Single-Core

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

Intel Core i3-8100
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
422
Intel Core i7-920
4C / 8T · 2.93 GHz
242
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i3-8100
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
1,579
Intel Core i7-920
4C / 8T · 2.66 GHz
1,263

More benchmarks

At a glance

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Intel Core i3-8100Intel Core i7-920
FamilyIntel Core i3 (205)Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU groupIntel Core i 8000 (20)Intel Core i7 900 (7)
ArchitectureCoffee Lake SBloomfield
Technology14 nm45 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1151-2LGA 1366
PredecessorIntel Core i3-7100
SuccessorIntel Core i3-9100

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i3-8100Intel Core i7-920
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 44 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 4x
Frequency: 3.60 GHz 2.66 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 2.93 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache1.00 MB
L3-Cache6.00 MB8.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i3-8100Intel Core i7-920
GPU nameIntel UHD Graphics 630no iGPU
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 192 /
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory64 GB
Technology14 nm
Release dateQ4/2017

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i3-8100Intel Core i7-920
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i3-8100Intel Core i7-920
MemoryDDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory64 GB24 GB
Memory channels23
ECCYesNo
PCIe3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i3-8100Intel Core i7-920
TDP65 W130 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i3-8100Intel Core i7-920
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Windows 11, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release dateQ4/2017Q4/2008
Release price117 $305 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i3-8100
Intel Core i3-8100
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
Intel Core i7-920
Intel Core i7-920
4C / 8T · 2.66 - 2.93 GHz

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