Intel Core i3-9100 vs Intel Core i7-7700

Core i3-9100 vs Core i7-7700 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-7700 is faster than the Core i3-9100. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-9100 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-7700 has more threads. In terms of clock speed, the Core i3-9100 and Core i7-7700 are identical in this regard. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches. The Core i7-7700 also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i3-9100 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.