Intel Core m3-7Y30 vs Intel Core i3-1000NG4

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Intel Core m3-7Y30 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i3-1000NG4
Intel Core m3-7Y30 Intel Core i3-1000NG4

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Intel Core m3-7Y30 and the Intel Core i3-1000NG4 and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Intel Core m3-7Y30 2 core processor released in Q3/2016 with the Intel Core i3-1000NG4 which has 4 CPU cores and was introduced in Q2/2020.
Intel Core M (16) Family Intel Core i3 (202)
Intel Core M 7 (2) CPU group Intel Core i 1000G/10000U (19)
7 Generation 10
Kaby Lake Y Architecture Ice Lake U
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core m3-7Y30 is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.00 GHz (2.60 GHz). The processor can compute 4 threads at the same time. The Intel Core i3-1000NG4 clocks with 1.10 GHz (3.20 GHz), has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel.

Intel Core m3-7Y30 Characteristic Intel Core i3-1000NG4
2 Cores 4
4 Threads 8
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.00 GHz Frequency 1.10 GHz
2.60 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.20 GHz
2.00 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.20 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Core m3-7Y30 Characteristic Intel Core i3-1000NG4
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

Intel HD Graphics 615 GPU Intel Iris Plus Graphics G4
0.30 GHz GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
0.90 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.90 GHz
9.5 GPU Generation 11
14nm Technology 14 nm
3 Max. displays 3
24 Compute units 48
192 Shader 384
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
16 GB Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
12 DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Intel HD Graphics 615 GPU Intel Iris Plus Graphics G4
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Up to 16 GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the Intel Core m3-7Y30, while the Intel Core i3-1000NG4 supports a maximum of 32 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 59.6 GB/s enabled.

Intel Core m3-7Y30 Characteristic Intel Core i3-1000NG4
LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600 Memory LPDDR4-3733, DDR4-3200
16 GB Max. Memory 32 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
29.8 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 59.6 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
10 PCIe lanes 16
9.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Intel Core m3-7Y30 has a TDP of 4.5 W. The TDP of the Intel Core i3-1000NG4 is 9 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Intel Core m3-7Y30 Characteristic Intel Core i3-1000NG4
4.5 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 9 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
7 W TDP up --
3.75 W TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core m3-7Y30 has 4.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 14 nm. The cache of Intel Core i3-1000NG4 is at 4.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 10 nm.

Intel Core m3-7Y30 Characteristic Intel Core i3-1000NG4
14 nm Technology 10 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
BGA 1515 Socket BGA 1377
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2016 Release date Q2/2020
281 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 6 CPU benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core m3-7Y30 Intel Core m3-7Y30
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
460 (51%)
Intel Core i3-1000NG4 Intel Core i3-1000NG4
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
898 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core m3-7Y30 Intel Core m3-7Y30
2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
645 (38%)
Intel Core i3-1000NG4 Intel Core i3-1000NG4
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
1701 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core m3-7Y30 Intel Core m3-7Y30
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
675 (62%)
Intel Core i3-1000NG4 Intel Core i3-1000NG4
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
1085 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core m3-7Y30 Intel Core m3-7Y30
2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
1387 (57%)
Intel Core i3-1000NG4 Intel Core i3-1000NG4
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
2416 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core m3-7Y30 Intel Core m3-7Y30
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
851 (67%)
Intel Core i3-1000NG4 Intel Core i3-1000NG4
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
1278 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core m3-7Y30 Intel Core m3-7Y30
2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
1547 (69%)
Intel Core i3-1000NG4 Intel Core i3-1000NG4
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
2241 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core m3-7Y30 Intel Core m3-7Y30
2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
270 (44%)
Intel Core i3-1000NG4 Intel Core i3-1000NG4
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
612 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core m3-7Y30 Intel Core m3-7Y30
Intel HD Graphics 615 @ 0.90 GHz
346 (50%)
Intel Core i3-1000NG4 Intel Core i3-1000NG4
Intel Iris Plus Graphics G4 @ 0.90 GHz
691 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Core m3-7Y30 Intel Core m3-7Y30
2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
2574 (68%)
Intel Core i3-1000NG4 Intel Core i3-1000NG4
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
3784 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core m3-7Y30 Intel Core m3-7Y30
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
107 (75%)
Intel Core i3-1000NG4 Intel Core i3-1000NG4
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
142 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core m3-7Y30 Intel Core m3-7Y30
2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
242 (74%)
Intel Core i3-1000NG4 Intel Core i3-1000NG4
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
326 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core m3-7Y30 Intel Core m3-7Y30
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-1000NG4 Intel Core i3-1000NG4
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
348 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core m3-7Y30 Intel Core m3-7Y30
2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
120 (100%)
Intel Core i3-1000NG4 Intel Core i3-1000NG4
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core m3-7Y30 Intel Core m3-7Y30
2C 4T @ 1.00 GHz
390 (100%)
Intel Core i3-1000NG4 Intel Core i3-1000NG4
4C 8T @ 1.10 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core m3-7Y30 Intel Core i3-1000NG4
Unknown Apple MacBook Air (2020)

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