Intel Core i3-7100U vs Intel Core i7-3520M

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs Intel Core 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-3520M

Price

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$ 1161.00

$ 108.02

$ 1052.98 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

960 points

1256 points

30% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1881 points

2477 points

31% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

720 points

934 points

29% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

693 points

895 points

29% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

19.26 points

19.75 points

2% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1556 points

37% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1134 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

757 points

36% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

554 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1571 points

35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1158 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

770 points

35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

570 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz

2.9 GHz

20% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

133% significantly lower TDP

35 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

33% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

962nd of 1,089

881st of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i3

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 August

2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i3-7100U vs Core i7-3520M comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3520M 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 these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-3520M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-7100U. A Core i3-7100U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3520M CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-7100U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.