Intel Core i7-14700HX vs Intel Core i3-13100

Compare Intel Core i7 (14th gen) 20 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i3 4 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

10255 points
79% significantly better overall score
5725 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11063 points
16% slightly better gaming score
9495 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10042 points
117% significantly better multitasking score
4614 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10070 points
127% significantly better heavy workload score
4425 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

307.50 points
191% significantly higher Blender score
105.40 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13460 points
86% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7226 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2505 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2247 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

20
400% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

28
250% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
3.4 GHz
61% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.5 GHz
22% slightly higher turbo speed
4.5 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
Identical
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

192 GiB
Identical
192 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

28 MiB
459% significantly more L2 cache
5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

33 MiB
175% significantly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

83rd of 1,092
276th of 1,092

Family

The product line

Core i7 (14th gen)
13th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 February
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5-4800

Core i7-14700HX vs Core i3-13100 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-14700HX is faster than the Core i3-13100. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-13100 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-14700HX has significantly more cores with 20 cores whereas the Core i3-13100 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-13100. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-13100 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700HX. Despite this, the Core i7-14700HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i7-14700HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i3-13100. The Core i7-14700HX also has significantly 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. Indeed, the Core i7-14700HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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