Intel Core i3-2100 vs Intel Core i7-860

Core i3-2100 vs Core i7-860 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-2100 is faster than the Core i7-860. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-860 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-860 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-2100 has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-2100. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-2100 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-860. A Core i3-2100 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 i3-2100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.