Intel Core i7-8700 vs Intel Core i3-9100F

Core i7-8700 vs Core i3-9100F comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-8700 beats the Core i3-9100F in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-9100F in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-8700 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i3-9100F that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-9100F. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-9100F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8700. Despite this, the Core i7-8700 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. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-8700 has more L2 cache than the Core i3-9100F. The Core i7-8700 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 i7-8700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.