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Intel Core i5-9500F vs Intel Core i3-7100

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-9500F
Rank 2 - 85 %
Intel Core i3-7100
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-9500F
Rank 2 - 44 %
Intel Core i3-7100
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-9500F
6C / 6T · 4.40 GHz
1,427
Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
1,225
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-9500F
6C / 6T · 4.00 GHz
5,424
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 i5-9500F
6C / 6T · 4.40 GHz
1,168
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 i5-9500F
6C / 6T · 4.00 GHz
4,736
Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
2,076
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i5-9500F
6C / 6T · 3.00 GHz
2,696
Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
1,104
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-9500F
6C / 6T · 4.40 GHz
182 cb
Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
168 cb
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-9500F
6C / 6T · 4.00 GHz
1,016 cb
Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
425 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i5-9500FIntel Core i3-7100
FamilyIntel Core i5 (336)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupIntel Core i 9000 (34)Intel Core i 7000 (17)
ArchitectureCoffee Lake S RefreshKaby Lake S
Technology14 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1151-2LGA 1151
PredecessorIntel Core i3-6100
SuccessorIntel Core i3-8100

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i5-9500FIntel Core i3-7100
CPU Cores / Threads6 / 62 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 6x 2x
Frequency: 3.00 GHz 3.90 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.40 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 4.00 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache9.00 MB3.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i5-9500FIntel Core i3-7100
GPU nameno iGPUIntel HD Graphics 630
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader / 24 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory64 GB
Technology14 nm
Release dateQ2/2016

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i5-9500FIntel Core i3-7100
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i5-9500FIntel Core i3-7100
MemoryDDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory128 GB64 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 163.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i5-9500FIntel Core i3-7100
TDP65 W51 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i5-9500FIntel Core i3-7100
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
Release dateQ2/2019Q1/2017
Release price220 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i5-9500F
Intel Core i5-9500F
6C / 6T · 3.00 - 4.40 GHz
Intel Core i3-7100
Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

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