Core i3-10100 vs Core i7-9700 benchmarks
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-9700 performs better than the Core i3-10100. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-10100 in all gaming tests too.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-9700 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-10100. Indeed, the Core i7-9700 has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i3-10100. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-10100 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-9700. Despite this, the Core i7-9700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-9700 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i3-10100. The Core i7-9700 also has significantly more L3 cache.
Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-10100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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