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.
Intel Core i3-7100U

CPU lineage

The 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.

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 & PCIe

The 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.

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 Management

The 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.

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

Benchmark results

Verified 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.

Intel Core i5-4200U Intel Core i5-4200U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
216
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
14C 28T @ 3.30 GHz
213
AMD FX-6350 AMD FX-6350
6C 6T @ 4.20 GHz
212
Intel Core i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
209
AMD Phenom II X6 1100T AMD Phenom II X6 1100T
6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz
209
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2
6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz
209
AMD FX-8350 AMD FX-8350
8C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
209
Show all Cinebench R20 (Single-Core) results



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.

AMD Athlon II X4 615e AMD Athlon II X4 615e
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
457
AMD Phenom II X3 720 AMD Phenom II X3 720
3C 3T @ 2.80 GHz
450
Intel Core i5-4210U Intel Core i5-4210U
2C 4T @ 2.35 GHz
449
Intel Core i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
448
Intel Pentium G3258 Intel Pentium G3258
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
443
AMD Athlon II X4 600e AMD Athlon II X4 600e
4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
438
Intel Core i7-3667U Intel Core i7-3667U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
420
Show all Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core) results



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 i5-5200U Intel Core i5-5200U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
845
Intel Core i5-5250U Intel Core i5-5250U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
845
Samsung Exynos 1280 Samsung Exynos 1280
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
845
Intel Core i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
841
Intel Core i5-4258U Intel Core i5-4258U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
838
Intel Pentium Gold G5600F Intel Pentium Gold G5600F
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
837
Intel Xeon D-1540 Intel Xeon D-1540
8C 16T @ 2.60 GHz
837
Show all Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) results



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 i5-4300U Intel Core i5-4300U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
1722
Intel Core i3-6157U Intel Core i3-6157U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1714
MediaTek Dimensity 810 MediaTek Dimensity 810
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
1705
Intel Core i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1699
Intel Processor N200 Intel Processor N200
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
1693
Intel Pentium Gold G5400 Intel Pentium Gold G5400
2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
1690
Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
1684
Show all Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) results



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 i7-2715QE Intel Core i7-2715QE
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
587
Intel Pentium G3220T Intel Pentium G3220T
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
587
Intel Core i3-4100M Intel Core i3-4100M
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
586
Intel Core i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
585
Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 5G
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
585
AMD FX-8370 AMD FX-8370
8C 8T @ 4.30 GHz
585
Intel Core i5-2435M Intel Core i5-2435M
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
584
Show all Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core) results



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 i7-3555LE Intel Core i7-3555LE
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1439
Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 non LTE Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 non LTE
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
1439
Intel Core i5-5200U Intel Core i5-5200U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1438
Intel Core i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1436
AMD Athlon Silver 3050U AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz
1436
AMD A8-7650K AMD A8-7650K
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
1433
Intel Core i5-4300U Intel Core i5-4300U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
1433
Show all Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core) results



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.

AMD A8-5500 AMD A8-5500
AMD Radeon HD 7560D @ 0.76 GHz
389
AMD A8-5500B AMD A8-5500B
AMD Radeon HD 7560D @ 0.76 GHz
389
AMD A8-5600K AMD A8-5600K
AMD Radeon HD 7560D @ 0.76 GHz
389
Intel Core i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
Intel HD Graphics 620 @ 1.00 GHz
384
Intel Atom x7425E Intel Atom x7425E
Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs (Alder Lake) @ 1.00 GHz
384
Intel Core i5-13500HX Intel Core i5-13500HX
Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (16 EU) @ 1.50 GHz
384
Intel Core i3-10100Y Intel Core i3-10100Y
Intel UHD Graphics 615 @ 1.00 GHz
384
Show all iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS) results



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 i5-5300U Intel Core i5-5300U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
2740
Intel Core i5-4422E Intel Core i5-4422E
2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
2732
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 4G Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 4G
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
2726
Intel Core i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
2720
MediaTek Helio P95 MediaTek Helio P95
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
2714
Intel Core m3-7Y32 Intel Core m3-7Y32
2C 4T @ 1.10 GHz
2706
AMD Athlon II X4 740 AMD Athlon II X4 740
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
2705
Show all Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark results



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 Pentium G3258 Intel Pentium G3258
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
685
Intel Core i5-2450M Intel Core i5-2450M
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
682
Intel Pentium G3420 Intel Pentium G3420
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
673
Intel Core i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
671
Intel Pentium G3250 Intel Pentium G3250
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
671
AMD Athlon Silver 3050U AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz
668
Intel Pentium Gold 5405U Intel Pentium Gold 5405U
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
666
Show all CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core) results



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 i5-4460T Intel Core i5-4460T
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
105
Intel Pentium G3220T Intel Pentium G3220T
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
105
Intel Xeon E5-2650L v4 Intel Xeon E5-2650L v4
14C 28T @ 2.50 GHz
104
Intel Core i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
103
Intel Core i5-4260U Intel Core i5-4260U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
103
Intel Core i3-3250T Intel Core i3-3250T
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
103
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T AMD Phenom II X6 1090T
6C 6T @ 3.60 GHz
103
Show all Cinebench R15 (Single-Core) results



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.

AMD Phenom II X4 810 AMD Phenom II X4 810
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
263
AMD Phenom II X4 910 AMD Phenom II X4 910
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
263
Intel Core i5-4258U Intel Core i5-4258U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
263
Intel Core i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
262
Intel Core i7-8500Y Intel Core i7-8500Y
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
261
Intel Core i7-4500U Intel Core i7-4500U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
261
Intel Core i3-3240T Intel Core i3-3240T
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
260
Show all Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core) results



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.

Intel Xeon E5-2630 v2 Intel Xeon E5-2630 v2
6C 12T @ 3.10 GHz
2585
Intel Core i3-3220 Intel Core i3-3220
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
2570
Intel Core i3-3225 Intel Core i3-3225
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
2570
Intel Core i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
2568
Intel Celeron G3900T Intel Celeron G3900T
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
2561
Intel Celeron G1840 Intel Celeron G1840
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
2556
Intel Core i5-4210U Intel Core i5-4210U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
2544
Show all Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core) results



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.

Intel Core i3-3240 Intel Core i3-3240
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
5576
Intel Celeron G4920 Intel Celeron G4920
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
5571
AMD FX-4200 AMD FX-4200
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
5557
Intel Core i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
5556
Intel Core i7-3687U Intel Core i7-3687U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
5548
AMD Ryzen 3 2200U AMD Ryzen 3 2200U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
5531
AMD A8-3850 AMD A8-3850
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
5511
Show all Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core) results



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.

Intel Core i5-4460T Intel Core i5-4460T
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
1.18
Intel Pentium G3240T Intel Pentium G3240T
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz
1.18
Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2 Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2
6C 12T @ 2.60 GHz
1.18
Intel Core i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1.16
Intel Core i5-4260U Intel Core i5-4260U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
1.16
Intel Core i5-4310U Intel Core i5-4310U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
1.16
Intel Pentium G3220T Intel Pentium G3220T
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
1.16
Show all Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core) results



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.

AMD A8-3800 AMD A8-3800
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
2.91
Intel Atom C2730 Intel Atom C2730
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
2.9
Intel Core i5-3210M Intel Core i5-3210M
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
2.9
Intel Core i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
2.87
Intel Core i3-3240T Intel Core i3-3240T
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
2.87
Intel Core i3-5157U Intel Core i3-5157U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
2.86
AMD Phenom II X4 900e AMD Phenom II X4 900e
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
2.86
Show all Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core) results



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.

Intel Core i3-8100 Intel Core i3-8100
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz
37.4
Intel Core i7-8705G Intel Core i7-8705G
AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL Graphics @ 1.01 GHz
37.4
Intel Core i3-7167U Intel Core i3-7167U
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 @ 1.00 GHz
37.2
Intel Core i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
Intel HD Graphics 620 @ 1.00 GHz
37.2
AMD A8-3870K AMD A8-3870K
AMD Radeon HD 6550D @ 0.60 GHz
37
Intel Core i5-5257U Intel Core i5-5257U
Intel Iris Graphics 6100 @ 1.05 GHz
36.8
Intel Core i5-7500T Intel Core i5-7500T
Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz
36.4
Show all Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL) results



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