Intel Core i7-4790K vs Intel Core i3-7100

Core i3-7100 vs Core i7-4790K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4790K is faster than the Core i3-7100. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-7100 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-4790K has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-7100 has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-7100. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-7100. A Core i3-7100 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4790K CPU because of its 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. Indeed, the Core i3-7100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.