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Intel Core i5-2300 vs Intel Core i3-7100

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 55 %
Intel Core i5-2300
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-7100
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 87 %
Intel Core i5-2300
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-7100
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-2300
4C / 4T · 3.10 GHz
526
Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
1,225
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-2300
4C / 4T · 2.80 GHz
1,580
Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
2,436
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i5-2300
4C / 4T · 3.10 GHz
651
Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
973
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i5-2300
4C / 4T · 2.80 GHz
2,199
Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
2,076
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i5-2300
Intel HD Graphics 2000
106
Intel Core i3-7100
Intel HD Graphics 630
422
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i5-2300
4C / 4T · 2.80 GHz
1,119
Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
1,104

More benchmarks

At a glance

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Intel Core i5-2300Intel Core i3-7100
FamilyIntel Core i5 (336)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupIntel Core i 2000 (28)Intel Core i 7000 (17)
ArchitectureSandy Bridge SKaby Lake S
Technology32 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1155LGA 1151
PredecessorIntel Core i3-6100
SuccessorIntel Core i3-8100

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i5-2300Intel Core i3-7100
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 42 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 2x
Frequency: 2.80 GHz 3.90 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.10 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache
L3-Cache6.00 MB3.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i5-2300Intel Core i3-7100
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 2000Intel HD Graphics 630
GPU frequency0.85 - 1.10 GHz0.35 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader6 / 4824 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays23
Max. GPU Memory2 GB64 GB
Technology32 nm14 nm
Release dateQ1/2011Q2/2016

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i5-2300Intel Core i3-7100
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i5-2300Intel Core i3-7100
MemoryDDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory32 GB64 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe2.0 x 163.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth8.0 GB/s15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i5-2300Intel Core i3-7100
TDP95 W51 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i5-2300Intel Core i3-7100
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVXSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ1/2011Q1/2017
Release price187 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i5-2300
Intel Core i5-2300
4C / 4T · 2.80 - 3.10 GHz
Intel Core i3-7100
Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

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