Intel Core i3-7100 vs Intel Core i7-7700K

Intel Core i3-7100
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3900 MHz / Cores: 2 / Feb 2017
Intel Core i3-7100
Intel Core i7-7700K
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
4200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
Intel Core i7-7700K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i3-7100
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    189%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i3-7100
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    116%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i3-7100
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    226%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-7100

44 watts lower power draw.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-7700K

16% higher single threaded performance.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 126% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 89% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i7-7700K

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-7700K

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i7-7700K

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-7700K

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i3-7100Intel Core i7-7700K
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
HTT
TXT
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0

Architecture

Intel Core i3-7100Intel Core i7-7700K
ArchitectureIntel_KabylakevsIntel_Kabylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameKaby LakevsKaby Lake
Release DateFeb 2017vsSep 2016

Cores

Intel Core i3-7100Intel Core i7-7700K
Cores2vs4
Threads4vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 630vsIntel HD Graphics 630

Cache

Intel Core i3-7100Intel Core i7-7700K
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache3072 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i3-7100Intel Core i7-7700K
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp65°Cvs72°C
Packagevs
Die Sizeunknownvsunknown
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i3-7100Intel Core i7-7700K
Cpu Frequency3900 MHzvs4200 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs4500 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP51 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i3-7100
    4680 points
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    5400 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i3-7100
    11232 points
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    24192 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Rendering: POV-Ray 3.7

  • Intel Core i3-7100
    907
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    2097

points per second - higher is better

7-zip

  • Intel Core i3-7100
    12434
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    27343

MIPS - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Single Threaded)

  • Intel Core i3-7100
    131.14
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    150.72

points - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Multi Threaded)

  • Intel Core i3-7100
    388.86
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    882.98

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i3-7100
    426
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    972

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i3-7100 (simulated)
    166.21
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    196

points - higher is better