Intel Core i7-10700K vs Intel Core i3-1115G4

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs Intel 11th Generation Core i3 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

6751 points
269% significantly better overall score
1829 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8301 points
124% significantly better gaming score
3698 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6232 points
362% significantly better multitasking score
1348 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6087 points
370% significantly better heavy workload score
1293 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

177.76 points
506% significantly higher Blender score
29.31 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8022 points
174% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2919 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1655 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1506 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8131 points
164% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3077 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1719 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1579 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
300% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
300% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
26% slightly higher clock speed
3.00 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
24% slightly higher turbo speed
4.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W
28 W
346% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
64 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
166% significantly more L1 cache
192 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
2.5 MiB
25% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache
6 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

207th of 1,089
755th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i7
11th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2020 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-10700K vs Core i3-1115G4 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-10700K is faster than the Core i3-1115G4. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-1115G4 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-10700K has significantly more cores than the Core i3-1115G4. Indeed, the Core i7-10700K has 8 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-1115G4. It also has more threads than the Core i3-1115G4. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-10700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1115G4. Also, the Core i7-10700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i3-1115G4 outputs less heat than Core i7-10700K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i3-1115G4 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-10700K. Despite this, the Core i7-10700K has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i3-1115G4.

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. Indeed, the Core i7-10700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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