Intel Core i3-6157U vs Intel Core i3-7100U

Core i3-6157U vs Core i3-7100U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-7100U is faster than the Core i3-6157U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-6157U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Both the Core i3-6157U and Core i3-7100U have the same clock speed. The Core i3-7100U outputs less heat than Core i3-6157U thanks to a 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 i3-6157U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.