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Intel Core i7-10700K vs Intel Core i3-9100

Last updated: 2026-07-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-10700K

Rank 2 - 84 %

Intel Core i3-9100

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-10700K

Rank 2 - 36 %

Intel Core i3-9100

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz

74 pts

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

66 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz

618 pts

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

250 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz

1,309 pts

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

1,072 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

12,678 pts

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

3,921 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz

1,636

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

1,394

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

8,629

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

3,824

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz

524 cb

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

445 cb

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

8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz

1,347

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

1,069

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

5,292 cb

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

1,630 cb

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

8C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

9,268

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

3,249

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel UHD Graphics 630

461

Intel UHD Graphics 630

422

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

8C / 16T · 3.80 GHz

5,614

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

1,751

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

2,344 cb

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

660 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

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Monero Hashrate
94 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-10700K	Intel Core i3-9100
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU group	Intel Core i 10000 (43)	Intel Core i 9000 (34)
Architecture	Comet Lake S	Coffee Lake S Refresh
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1200	LGA 1151-2
Predecessor	Intel Core i7-9700K	Intel Core i3-8100
Successor	Intel Core i7-11700K	Intel Core i3-10100

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-10700K	Intel Core i3-9100
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 16	4 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	8x	4x
Frequency:	3.80 GHz	3.60 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	5.10 GHz	4.20 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.90 GHz	3.80 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	16.00 MB	6.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-10700K	Intel Core i3-9100
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 630	Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.20 GHz	0.35 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB	64 GB
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Release date	Q4/2017	Q4/2017

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-10700K	Intel Core i3-9100
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-10700K	Intel Core i3-9100
Memory	DDR4-2933 (46.9 GB/s)	DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	64 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	3.0 x 16	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-10700K	Intel Core i3-9100
TDP	125 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)	229 W @ 56 s
TDP up
TDP down	95 W
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-10700K	Intel Core i3-9100
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, 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	Q2/2020	Q2/2019
Release price	374 $	122 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i7-10700K is 4.3 stars (40 ratings), while Intel Core i3-9100 has received 3.8 stars (46 ratings).

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Intel Core i7-10700K
8C / 16T · 3.80 - 5.10 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i3-9100
4C / 4T · 3.60 - 4.20 GHz

★★★★★