Intel Core i3-7100 vs Intel Core i7-11600H

Core i3-7100 vs Core i7-11600H specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-11600H beats the Core i3-7100 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-7100 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-11600H has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i3-7100 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-7100. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-7100 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-11600H. In terms of cache, the Core i7-11600H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i3-7100. The Core i7-11600H also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-7100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.