Intel Core i3-1005G1 vs Intel Core i7-860

Core i3-1005G1 vs Core i7-860 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-1005G1 beats the Core i7-860 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-860 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-860 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-1005G1 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-1005G1. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-860 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1005G1. Also, the Core i7-860 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-1005G1 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-860 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-1005G1 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.