Intel Core i7-7700 vs Intel Core i3-1315U

Core i7-7700 vs Core i3-1315U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-1315U 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i3-1315U has significantly more cores than the Core i7-7700. Indeed, the Core i3-1315U has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-7700. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-7700 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i3-1315U. Despite this, the Core i3-1315U has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i3-1315U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-7700. The Core i3-1315U also has slightly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-7700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.