Intel Core i3-13100 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 256V

Core i3-13100 vs Core Ultra 7 256V comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 7 256V performs better than the Core i3-13100. Despite this, the Core i3-13100 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 7 256V has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i3-13100 has 4 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-13100 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 256V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 256V has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 256V has more L2 cache than the Core i3-13100. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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 i3-13100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.