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Intel Core i3-8100B vs Intel Core i9-7900X

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 83 %
Intel Core i3-8100B
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i9-7900X
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 32 %
Intel Core i3-8100B
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i9-7900X
Cinebench R23 Single-Core

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-8100B
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
896 pts
Intel Core i9-7900X
10C / 20T · 4.30 GHz
1,222 pts
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-8100B
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
3,698 pts
Intel Core i9-7900X
10C / 20T · 4.00 GHz
14,998 pts
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-8100B
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
1,265
Intel Core i9-7900X
10C / 20T · 4.30 GHz
1,410
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-8100B
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
3,784
Intel Core i9-7900X
10C / 20T · 4.00 GHz
9,120
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i3-8100B
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
971
Intel Core i9-7900X
10C / 20T · 4.30 GHz
1,133
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i3-8100B
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
3,329
Intel Core i9-7900X
10C / 20T · 4.00 GHz
10,199

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i3-8100BIntel Core i9-7900X
FamilyIntel Core i3 (205)Intel Core i9 (81)
CPU groupIntel Core i 8000 (20)Intel Core i 7000X (9)
ArchitectureCoffee Lake SSkylake X
Technology14 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketBGA 1440LGA 2066
Predecessor
SuccessorIntel Core i9-9900X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i3-8100BIntel Core i9-7900X
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 410 / 20
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 10x
Frequency: 3.60 GHz 3.30 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.30 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 4.00 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache6.00 MB14.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i3-8100BIntel Core i9-7900X
GPU nameIntel UHD Graphics 630no iGPU
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.05 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 i3-8100BIntel Core i9-7900X
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i3-8100BIntel Core i9-7900X
MemoryDDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
DDR4-2666 (85.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory64 GB128 GB
Memory channels24
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 163.0 x 44
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s43.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i3-8100BIntel Core i9-7900X
TDP65 W140 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i3-8100BIntel Core i9-7900X
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, AVX2, AVX-512
Release dateQ3/2018Q2/2017
Release price133 $989 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i3-8100B
Intel Core i3-8100B
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
Intel Core i9-7900X
Intel Core i9-7900X
10C / 20T · 3.30 - 4.30 GHz

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