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Intel Core i3-8100 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265

Last updated: 2026-07-03

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 45 %

Intel Core i3-8100

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core Ultra 7 265

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 14 %

Intel Core i3-8100

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core Ultra 7 265

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

912 pts

20C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

2,202 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

3,618 pts

20C / 20T · 5.10 GHz

25,459 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

1,265

20C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

3,115

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

3,627

20C / 20T · 5.10 GHz

20,735

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

364 cb

20C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

847 cb

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

1,444 cb

20C / 20T · 5.10 GHz

10,181 cb

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel UHD Graphics 630

422

Intel Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Arrow Lake)

1,940

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

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

422

20C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

805

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

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

1,579

20C / 20T · 2.40 GHz

14,451

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

154 cb

20C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

329 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

616 cb

20C / 20T · 5.10 GHz

4,830 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-8100	Intel Core Ultra 7 265
Family	Intel Core i3 (205)	Intel Core Ultra 7 (31)
CPU group	Intel Core i 8000 (20)	Intel Core Ultra 200 AL-S (20)
Architecture	Coffee Lake S	Arrow Lake
Technology	14 nm	3 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1151-2	LGA 1851
Predecessor	Intel Core i3-7100
Successor	Intel Core i3-9100

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i3-8100	Intel Core Ultra 7 265
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 4	20 / 20
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✗
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	4x 3.60 GHz	8x Lion Cove 2.40 - 5.30 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		12x Skymont 1.80 - 4.60 GHz
L2-Cache		36.00 MB
L3-Cache	6.00 MB	33.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i3-8100	Intel Core Ultra 7 265
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 630	Intel Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Arrow Lake)
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.10 GHz	0.30 - 1.95 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	4 / 512
Raytracing	✗	✓
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB	32 GB
Technology	14 nm	5 nm
Release date	Q4/2017	Q3/2024

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-8100	Intel Core Ultra 7 265
AI hardware		Intel® AI Boost
AI specifications		Intel AI Boost NPU 4 @ 13 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU		37 TOPS

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i3-8100	Intel Core Ultra 7 265
Memory	DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)	DDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 GB	256 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	Yes	Yes
PCIe	3.0 x 16	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i3-8100	Intel Core Ultra 7 265
TDP	65 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)		182 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	105 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i3-8100	Intel Core Ultra 7 265
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q4/2017	Q1/2025
Release price	117 $	384 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

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Intel Core i3-8100
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core Ultra 7 265
20C / 20T · 2.40 - 5.30 GHz

★★★★★