Intel Core i3-7100U Benchmark, Test and specs
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The Intel Core i3-7100U has 2 cores with 4 threads and is based on the 7. gen of the Intel Core i3 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the BGA 1356 socket and was released in Q4/2016. The Intel Core i3-7100U scores 585 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 1,436 points.
CPU lineageThe segment in which we have classified the Intel Core i3-7100U. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the Intel Core i3-7100U. |
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| Name: | Intel Core i3-7100U |
| Family: | Intel Core i3 |
| CPU group: | Intel Core i 7000U |
| Segment: | Mobile |
| Generation: | 7 |
| Predecessor: | Intel Core i3-6100U |
| Successor: | -- |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
The Intel Core i3-7100U has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i3-7100U is 2.40 GHz. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.
| CPU Cores / Threads: | 2 / 4 |
| Core architecture: | normal |
| Cores: | 2x |
| Hyperthreading / SMT: | Yes |
| Overclocking: | No |
| Frequency: | 2.40 GHz |
| Turbo Frequency (1 Core): | -- |
| Turbo Frequency (2 Cores): | -- |
Internal Graphics
The Intel Core i3-7100U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i3-7100U uses the Intel HD Graphics 620, which has 192 texture shaders and 24 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
| GPU name: | Intel HD Graphics 620 |
| GPU frequency: | 0.30 GHz |
| GPU (Turbo): | 1.00 GHz |
| Execution units: | 24 |
| Shader: | 192 |
| Max. GPU Memory: | 32 GB |
| Max. displays: | 3 |
| Generation: | 9.5 |
| Direct X: | 12 |
| Technology: | 14 nm |
| Release date: | Q2/2016 |
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.
| h265 / HEVC (8 bit): | Decode / Encode |
| h265 / HEVC (10 bit): | Decode / Encode |
| h264: | Decode / Encode |
| VP8: | Decode / Encode |
| VP9: | Decode / Encode |
| AV1: | No |
| AVC: | Decode / Encode |
| VC-1: | Decode |
| JPEG: | Decode / Encode |
Memory & PCIeThe processor can use up to 32 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 34.1 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system. |
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| Memory type: | DDR4-2133 LPDDR3-1866 |
| Max. Memory: | 32 GB |
| Memory channels: | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| Bandwidth: | 34.1 GB/s |
| ECC: | No |
| PCIe: | 3.0 x 12 |
| AES-NI: | Yes |
Thermal ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU. |
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| TDP (PL1 / PBP): | 15 W |
| TDP (PL2): | -- |
| TDP up: | -- |
| TDP down: | 7.5 W |
| Tjunction max.: | 100 °C |
Technical details
The Intel Core i3-7100U is made in 14 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 3.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.
| Technology: | 14 nm |
| Chip design: | Monolithic |
| Socket: | BGA 1356 |
| L2-Cache: | -- |
| L3-Cache: | 3.00 MB |
| Architecture: | Kaby Lake U |
| Operating systems: | Windows 10, Linux |
| Virtualization: | VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d |
| Instruction set (ISA): | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions: | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 |
| Release date: | Q4/2016 |
| Release price: | 281 $ |
| Part Number: | -- |
| Documents: | Technical data sheet |
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
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Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i3-7100U have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.
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.
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Intel Core i5-4200U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
14C 28T @ 3.30 GHz |
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AMD FX-6350
6C 6T @ 4.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X6 1100T
6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2
6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz |
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AMD FX-8350
8C 8T @ 4.20 GHz |
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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.
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AMD Athlon II X4 615e
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X3 720
3C 3T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4210U
2C 4T @ 2.35 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G3258
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X4 600e
4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-3667U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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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.|
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Intel Core i5-5200U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-5250U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Samsung Exynos 1280
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4258U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Gold G5600F
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz |
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Intel Xeon D-1540
8C 16T @ 2.60 GHz |
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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.|
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Intel Core i5-4300U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-6157U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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MediaTek Dimensity 810
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Processor N200
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Gold G5400
2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz |
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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.|
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Intel Core i7-2715QE
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G3220T
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-4100M
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 5G
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz |
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AMD FX-8370
8C 8T @ 4.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-2435M
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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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.|
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Intel Core i7-3555LE
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 non LTE
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-5200U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz |
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AMD A8-7650K
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4300U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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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.|
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AMD A8-5500
AMD Radeon HD 7560D @ 0.76 GHz |
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AMD A8-5500B
AMD Radeon HD 7560D @ 0.76 GHz |
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AMD A8-5600K
AMD Radeon HD 7560D @ 0.76 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-7100U
Intel HD Graphics 620 @ 1.00 GHz |
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Intel Atom x7425E
Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs (Alder Lake) @ 1.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-13500HX
Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (16 EU) @ 1.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-10100Y
Intel UHD Graphics 615 @ 1.00 GHz |
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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.|
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Intel Core i5-5300U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4422E
2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 4G
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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MediaTek Helio P95
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz |
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Intel Core m3-7Y32
2C 4T @ 1.10 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X4 740
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz |
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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.|
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Intel Pentium G3258
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-2450M
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G3420
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G3250
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz |
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AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Gold 5405U
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz |
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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.|
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Intel Core i5-4460T
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G3220T
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2650L v4
14C 28T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4260U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3250T
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X6 1090T
6C 6T @ 3.60 GHz |
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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.|
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AMD Phenom II X4 810
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X4 910
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4258U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-8500Y
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-4500U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3240T
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 3 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.|
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Intel Xeon E5-2630 v2
6C 12T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3220
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3225
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Celeron G3900T
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Intel Celeron G1840
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4210U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 3 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.|
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Intel Core i3-3240
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Celeron G4920
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz |
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AMD FX-4200
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-3687U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 3 2200U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz |
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AMD A8-3850
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.|
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Intel Core i5-4460T
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G3240T
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2
6C 12T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4260U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4310U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G3220T
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.|
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AMD A8-3800
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Atom C2730
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-3210M
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3240T
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-5157U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X4 900e
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The iGPU test uses the CPU internal graphic unit to execute OpenGL commands.|
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Intel Core i3-8100
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-8705G
AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL Graphics @ 1.01 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-7167U
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 @ 1.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-7100U
Intel HD Graphics 620 @ 1.00 GHz |
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AMD A8-3870K
AMD Radeon HD 6550D @ 0.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-5257U
Intel Iris Graphics 6100 @ 1.05 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-7500T
Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz |
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Benchmarks
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Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,357 entries
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Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,330 entries
2,330 entries
FP32 SP iGPU
1,871 entries
1,871 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,290 entries
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CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
719 entries
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Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,098 entries
1,098 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,093 entries
1,093 entries
Geekbench 3 (SC)
941 entries
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Geekbench 3 (MC)
937 entries
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Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
825 entries
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Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
836 entries
836 entries
Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries
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