Intel Core i3-7100U vs Intel Pentium G4400

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

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Price

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$ 1161.00
$ 25.99
$ 1135.01 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

960 points
1247 points
29% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1881 points
2702 points
43% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

720 points
892 points
23% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

693 points
855 points
23% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

19.26 points
43% significantly higher Blender score
13.46 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1556 points
31% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1182 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

757 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
683 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1571 points
35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1158 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

770 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
680 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
100% significantly more threads
2

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
3.3 GHz
37% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
259% significantly lower TDP
54 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

12
16
33% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
64 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

962nd of 1,089
884th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i3
Pentium G Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 August
2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
DDR4-1866

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i3-7100U vs Pentium G4400 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Pentium G4400 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.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i3-7100U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Pentium G4400 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-7100U. A Core i3-7100U CPU outputs less heat than a Pentium G4400 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.

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