Intel Xeon Gold 5117F vs Intel Core i3-7100U

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Xeon Gold 5117F CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i3-7100U
Intel Xeon Gold 5117F Intel Core i3-7100U

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon Gold 5117F or Intel Core i3-7100U - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Xeon Gold 5117F has 14 cores with 28 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.80 GHz. Up to 768 GB of memory is supported in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 5117F was released in Q3/2017.

The Intel Core i3-7100U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-7100U was released in Q4/2016.
Intel Xeon Gold (163) Family Intel Core i3 (205)
Intel Xeon Gold 5100/6100 (34) CPU group Intel Core i 7000U (18)
1 Generation 7
Skylake Architecture Kaby Lake U
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor Intel Core i3-6100U
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Gold 5117F has 14 CPU cores and can calculate 28 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Gold 5117F is 2.00 GHz (2.80 GHz) while the Intel Core i3-7100U has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i3-7100U is at 2.40 GHz.

Intel Xeon Gold 5117F Characteristic Intel Core i3-7100U
14 Cores 2
28 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.00 GHz Frequency 2.40 GHz
2.80 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
2.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Intel Xeon Gold 5117F Characteristic Intel Core i3-7100U
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Xeon Gold 5117F or Intel Core i3-7100U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

no iGPU GPU Intel HD Graphics 620
GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.00 GHz
-- GPU Generation 9.5
Technology 14 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 24
-- Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
-- 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.

no iGPU GPU Intel HD Graphics 620
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Xeon Gold 5117F can use up to 768 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 115.2 GB/s. The Intel Core i3-7100U supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 34.1 GB/s.

Intel Xeon Gold 5117F Characteristic Intel Core i3-7100U
DDR4-2400 Memory LPDDR3-1866, DDR4-2133
768 GB Max. Memory 32 GB
6 (Hexa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
115.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 34.1 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
19.00 MB L3 Cache 3.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
48 PCIe lanes 12
47.3 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Xeon Gold 5117F is 113 W, while the Intel Core i3-7100U has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Xeon Gold 5117F Characteristic Intel Core i3-7100U
113 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 7.5 W
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Gold 5117F is manufactured in 14 nm and has 19.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i3-7100U is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 3.00 MB cache.

Intel Xeon Gold 5117F Characteristic Intel Core i3-7100U
14 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
LGA 3647 Socket BGA 1356
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2017 Release date Q4/2016
-- Release price 281 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon Gold 5117F (100%)
Intel Core i3-7100U (84%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon Gold 5117F (100%)
Intel Core i3-7100U (14%)

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 Xeon Gold 5117F Intel Xeon Gold 5117F
14C 28T @ 2.80 GHz
122 (100%)
Intel Core i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
103 (84%)

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 Xeon Gold 5117F Intel Xeon Gold 5117F
14C 28T @ 2.40 GHz
1858 (100%)
Intel Core i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
262 (14%)

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 Xeon Gold 5117F Intel Xeon Gold 5117F
14C 28T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
585 (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 Xeon Gold 5117F Intel Xeon Gold 5117F
14C 28T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1436 (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 Xeon Gold 5117F Intel Xeon Gold 5117F
14C 28T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
841 (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 Xeon Gold 5117F Intel Xeon Gold 5117F
14C 28T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1699 (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 Xeon Gold 5117F Intel Xeon Gold 5117F
14C 28T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
209 (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 Xeon Gold 5117F Intel Xeon Gold 5117F
14C 28T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
448 (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 Xeon Gold 5117F Intel Xeon Gold 5117F
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
Intel HD Graphics 620 @ 1.00 GHz
384 (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 Xeon Gold 5117F Intel Xeon Gold 5117F
14C 28T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
2720 (100%)

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 Xeon Gold 5117F Intel Xeon Gold 5117F
14C 28T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
671 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Xeon Gold 5117F Intel Core i3-7100U
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