Intel Core i3-7100 vs Intel Core i5-7400T

Core i3-7100 vs Core i5-7400T specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-7100 is faster than the Core i5-7400T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7400T in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-7400T has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-7100 has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-7100 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-7400T. The Core i5-7400T 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 i5-7400T has more L2 cache than the Core i3-7100. The Core i5-7400T also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3-7100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.