Intel Core i3-7100U vs Intel Core i7-2630QM

Core i3-7100U vs Core i7-2630QM specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-2630QM is faster than the Core i3-7100U. 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 i7-2630QM has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-7100U that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-7100U. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-7100U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2630QM. A Core i3-7100U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-2630QM 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.