Intel Core i3-7100U

The Intel Core i3-7100U operates with:

CPU Cores 2.

CPU Threads: 4.

Performance-enhancing, system-enhancing technology that works faster and saves battery with:

Turbo: No turbo base No turbo all cores.

TDP: 15 W.

The processor is attached to:

CPU socket: BGA 1356.

This version includes

3.00 MB of L3 cache on one chip

Supports 2 memory channels to support DDR4-2133 SO-DIMM RAM and features 3.0 PCIe Gen 12 lanes.

Tjunction keeps below 100 °C degrees C.

In particular, Kaby Lake U Architecture is enhanced with:

Technology: 14 nm

Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d.

The product was released on Q4/2016.

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CPU generation and family

Name:

Intel Core i3-7100U

Family:

Intel Core i3

CPU group:

Intel Core i 7000U

Predecessor:

Segment:

Mobile

Generation:

Successor:

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Frequency:

2.40 GHz

Turbo (1 Core):

No turbo

Turbo (64 Cores)::

Hyperthreading:

Yes

Core architecture:

normal

CPU Cores:

CPU Threads:

Overclocking:

Memory & PCIe

Memory type:

DDR4-2133 SO-DIMM

PCIe version:

3.0

Memory channels:

PCIe version:

3.0

PCIe lanes:

Encryption

AES-NI:

Yes

Internal Graphics

Memory type:

DDR4-2133 SO-DIMM

GPU name:

Intel HD Graphics 620

GPU frequency:

0.30 GHz

GPU (Turbo):

1.00 GHz

Generation:

DirectX Version:

Execution units:

Shader:

192

Max memory:

Max. displays:

Technology:

14 nm

Release date:

Q2/2016

Technical details

Instruction set (ISA):

x86-64 (64 bit)

Architecture:

Kaby Lake U

L2-Cache:

Virtualization:

VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

L3-Cache:

3.00 MB

Release date:

Q4/2016

Socket:

BGA 1356

Thermal Management

TDP (PL1):

15 W

TDP (PL2):

TDP Up:

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

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AMD FX-6350 212 (27%)

Intel Core i3-7100U 209 (27%)

AMD Phenom II X6 1100T 209 (27%)

Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 209 (27%)

AMD FX-8350 209 (27%)

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 Phenom II X3 720 450 (2%)

Intel Core i5-4210U 449 (2%)

Intel Core i3-7100U 448 (2%)

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Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

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Intel Core i5-4460T 105 (38%)

Intel Pentium G3220T 105 (38%)

Intel Xeon E5-2650L v4 104 (38%)

Intel Core i3-7100U 103 (37%)

Intel Core i5-4260U 103 (37%)

Intel Core i3-3250T 103 (37%)

AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 103 (37%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

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AMD Phenom II X4 810 263 (2%)

AMD Phenom II X4 910 263 (2%)

Intel Core i5-4258U 263 (2%)

Intel Core i3-7100U 262 (2%)

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Intel Core i3-3240T 260 (2%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

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MediaTek Dimensity 800U 593 (31%)

Intel Core i5-5250U 591 (31%)

Intel Core i3-7100U 585 (31%)

AMD FX-8370 585 (31%)

Intel Core i5-4460T 584 (31%)

Intel Core i3-5157U 583 (31%)

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.

AMD Athlon II X4 750K 1341 (4%)

AMD Phenom II X4 940 1339 (4%)

Intel Celeron G4900 1334 (3%)

Intel Core i3-7100U 1329 (3%)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 1326 (3%)

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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.

AMD A8-5500 389 (4%)

AMD A8-5500B 389 (4%)

AMD A8-5600K 389 (4%)

Intel Core i3-7100U 384 (4%)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 712 384 (4%)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 384 (4%)

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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.

Intel Xeon E5-2630 v2 2585 (37%)

Intel Core i3-3220 2570 (37%)

Intel Core i3-3225 2570 (37%)

Intel Core i3-7100U 2568 (37%)

Intel Celeron G3900T 2561 (37%)

Intel Celeron G1840 2556 (37%)

Intel Core i5-4210U 2544 (37%)

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 5576 (6%)

Intel Celeron G4920 5571 (6%)

AMD FX-4200 5557 (6%)

Intel Core i3-7100U 5556 (6%)

Intel Core i7-3687U 5548 (6%)

AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2200U 5531 (6%)

AMD Ryzen 3 2200U 5531 (6%)

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 1.18 (45%)

Intel Pentium G3240T 1.18 (45%)

Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2 1.18 (45%)

Intel Core i3-7100U 1.16 (44%)

Intel Core i5-4260U 1.16 (44%)

Intel Core i5-4310U 1.16 (44%)

Intel Pentium G3220T 1.16 (44%)

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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Intel Core i5-3210M 2.9 (5%)

Intel Core i3-7100U 2.87 (5%)

Intel Core i3-3240T 2.87 (5%)

Intel Core i3-5157U 2.86 (5%)

AMD Phenom II X4 900e 2.86 (5%)

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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