Intel Core i3-7100U vs Intel Core i7-13700KF

Core i3-7100U vs Core i7-13700KF specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-13700KF beats the Core i3-7100U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-7100U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-13700KF has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i3-7100U that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-7100U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-13700KF has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i3-7100U. A Core i3-7100U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-13700KF CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i3-7100U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.