Intel Core i3-9100F vs Intel Core i5-7500

Intel Core i3-9100F
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 4 / Apr 2018
Intel Core i3-9100F
Intel Core i5-7500
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
Intel Core i5-7500

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i3-9100F
    119%
  • Intel Core i5-7500
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i3-9100F
    111%
  • Intel Core i5-7500
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i3-9100F
    128%
  • Intel Core i5-7500
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-9100F

11% higher single threaded performance.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 28% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 19% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-7500

Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Core i3-9100F.

Intel Core i3-9100F

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-9100F

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i3-9100F

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-9100F

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i3-9100FIntel Core i5-7500
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0
vPro

Architecture

Intel Core i3-9100FIntel Core i5-7500
ArchitectureIntel_CoffelakevsIntel_Kabylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameCoffee LakevsKaby Lake
Release DateApr 2018vsSep 2016

Cores

Intel Core i3-9100FIntel Core i5-7500
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD Graphics 630

Cache

Intel Core i3-9100FIntel Core i5-7500
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache6MB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i3-9100FIntel Core i5-7500
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp72°Cvs72°C
PackageFC-LGA1151vs
Die Sizeunknownvsunknown
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i3-9100FIntel Core i5-7500
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3400 MHz
Turbo Clock4200 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltagevariablevsunknown
TDP65 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i3-9100F
    5040 points
  • Intel Core i5-7500
    4080 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i3-9100F
    17280 points
  • Intel Core i5-7500
    16320 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i3-9100F (simulated)
    180.83
  • Intel Core i5-7500
    162

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i3-9100F (simulated)
    768.86
  • Intel Core i5-7500
    599

points - higher is better