Intel Core i3-8100 vs Intel Core i7-3720QM

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-3720QM

Price

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$ 169.99

$ 99.95

$ 70.04 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2549 points

20% slightly better overall score

2112 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4731 points

35% slightly better gaming score

3499 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1938 points

13% slightly better multitasking score

1701 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1859 points

13% slightly better heavy workload score

1632 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

47.29 points

10% slightly higher Blender score

42.68 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3299 points

62% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2033 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1201 points

99% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

602 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3471 points

75% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1978 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1267 points

116% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

586 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

38% slightly higher clock speed

2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

Identical

3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

45 W

44% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

616th of 1,089

703rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i3

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November

2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i3-8100 vs Core i7-3720QM comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-8100 performs better than the Core i7-3720QM. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3720QM in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-3720QM has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-8100 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-3720QM. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Core i7-3720QM outputs less heat than Core i3-8100 thanks to a 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. For instance, the Core i3-8100 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.