Intel Core i7-7700 vs Intel Core i3-10100F

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel 10th Generation Core i3 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i3-10100F

Price

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$ 102.50

$ 100.00

$ 2.50 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3300 points

3491 points

5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5283 points

5569 points

5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2715 points

2875 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2606 points

2761 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3062 points

3186 points

4% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

74.17 points

76.92 points

3% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4377 points

4424 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1353 points

1401 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4482 points

4497 points

0.33% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1405 points

1449 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

Identical

3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

4.3 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

128 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

500th of 1,089

483rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7

10th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February

2020 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-7700 vs Core i3-10100F benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-10100F beats the Core i7-7700 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7700 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. In terms of clock speed, the Core i7-7700 and Core i3-10100F are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Core i3-10100F has a slightly higher turbo speed. 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.

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 i7-7700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.