Intel Core i3-7100U vs Intel Core i7 M 620

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

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

960 points
36% slightly better overall score
703 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1881 points
32% slightly better gaming score
1418 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

720 points
39% slightly better multitasking score
517 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

693 points
39% slightly better heavy workload score
496 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

19.26 points
15% slightly higher Blender score
16.70 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
2.67 GHz
11% slightly higher clock speed

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

962nd of 1,089
1,028th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i3
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 August
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i3-7100U vs Core i7 M 620 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7 M 620 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.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7 M 620 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-7100U.

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

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