Core i3-7100 vs Ryzen 7 8840U specs and performance
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 8840U 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.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 8840U has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i3-7100 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-7100. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-7100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 8840U. The Ryzen 7 8840U 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 8840U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i3-7100. The Ryzen 7 8840U 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.
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