Intel Core i7-8750H vs Intel Core i3-8100

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i7 6 core CPU vs Intel 8th 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

3418 points
34% slightly better overall score
2549 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4937 points
4% slightly better gaming score
4731 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2961 points
52% significantly better multitasking score
1938 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2863 points
54% significantly better heavy workload score
1859 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3442 points
2% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
3346 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

80.62 points
70% significantly higher Blender score
47.29 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4506 points
36% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3299 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1262 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1201 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4668 points
34% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3471 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1311 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1267 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
200% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.20 GHz
3.6 GHz
63% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed
3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
44% significantly lower TDP
65 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
Identical
64 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
49% significantly more L1 cache
256 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache
1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

9 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
6 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

493rd of 1,089
616th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i7
8th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May
2017 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4-2400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i7-8750H vs Core i3-8100 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-8750H performs better than the Core i3-8100. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-8100 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-8750H has significantly more cores than the Core i3-8100. Indeed, the Core i7-8750H has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i3-8100. It also has more threads than the Core i3-8100. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-8100 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8750H. Despite this, the Core i7-8750H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8750H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-8100 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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 i7-8750H has more L2 cache than the Core i3-8100. The Core i7-8750H 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 i7-8750H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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