Intel Core i3-7100 vs Intel Core i5-3330

Intel Core i3-7100
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3900 MHz / Cores: 2 / Feb 2017
Intel Core i3-7100
Intel Core i5-3330
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3000 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2012
Intel Core i5-3330

Summary

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-7100

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-3330

Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

Intel Core i3-7100

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-7100

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

Intel Core i3-7100Intel Core i5-3330
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
Hyper-Threading
AES-NI
TSX
CLMUL
FMA3
VT-d

Architecture

Intel Core i3-7100Intel Core i5-3330
ArchitectureIntel_KabylakevsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameKaby LakevsIvy Bridge
Release DateFeb 2017vsSep 2012

Cores

Intel Core i3-7100Intel Core i5-3330
Cores2vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 630vsIntel HD 2500

Cache

Intel Core i3-7100Intel Core i5-3330
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache3072 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i3-7100Intel Core i5-3330
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Temp65°Cvs67°C
PackagevsFC-LGA12C
Die Sizeunknownvs133mm²
Process14 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Core i3-7100Intel Core i5-3330
Cpu Frequency3900 MHzvs3000 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs3200 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP51 Wvs77 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i3-7100
    4680 points
  • Intel Core i5-3330
    3296 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i3-7100
    11232 points
  • Intel Core i5-3330
    12360 points

Points - higher is better