Intel Core i3-7100 vs Intel Core i5-1035G1

Core i3-7100 vs Core i5-1035G1 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-1035G1 performs better than the Core i3-7100. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-7100 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-1035G1 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-7100 has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-7100. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-7100 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1035G1. The Core i5-1035G1 outputs less heat than Core i3-7100 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-1035G1 has more L2 cache than the Core i3-7100. The Core i5-1035G1 also has significantly more 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 i3-7100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.