Intel Core i3-7100 vs Intel Core i7-6700K

Core i3-7100 vs Core i7-6700K specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-6700K 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-6700K 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 i7-6700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-7100. A Core i3-7100 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-6700K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i7-6700K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i3-7100. The Core i7-6700K 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.