Intel Core i3-8100 vs Intel Core i7-3770K

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 i7-3770K

Price

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$ 169.99

$ 174.90 significantly less expensive

$ 344.89

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2549 points

2702 points

6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4731 points

8% slightly better gaming score

4366 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1938 points

2208 points

13% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1859 points

2118 points

13% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3346 points

55% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

2148 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

47.29 points

0.16% slightly higher Blender score

47.21 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3299 points

33% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2474 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1201 points

69% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

708 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3471 points

39% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2489 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1267 points

78% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

709 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

2% slightly higher clock speed

3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

3.9 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

18% slightly lower TDP

77 W

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

588th 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 i7-3770K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-3770K is faster than the Core i3-8100. Despite this, the Core i3-8100 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-3770K has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-8100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3770K. Despite this, the Core i7-3770K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-8100 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3770K CPU because of its slightly 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. For instance, the Core i3-8100 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.