Intel Core i3-7100U vs Intel Core i7-920

Core i3-7100U vs Core i7-920 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-920 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-920 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-7100U. Indeed, the Core i7-920 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-7100U. It also has more threads than the Core i3-7100U. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-920 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-7100U. A Core i3-7100U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-920 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.