Intel Core i3-7100 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 235T

Core i3-7100 vs Core Ultra 5 235T specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 5 235T 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 5 235T has significantly more cores than the Core i3-7100. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 235T has 14 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-7100. 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 Ultra 5 235T. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 235T has more L2 cache than the Core i3-7100. The Core Ultra 5 235T 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.