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Intel Core i5-7300U vs Intel Core i3-8130U

Intel Core i5-7300U

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The Intel Core i5-7300U is a fast dual-core processor for notebooks based on the Kaby Lake architecture and was announced in January 2017. It integrates 2 CPU cores with Hyper-Threading support clocked at 2.6 - 3.5 GHz (2 core Turbo also 3.5 GHz). Besides two cores, the processor is also equipped with the HD Graphics 620 GPU as well as a dual-channel memory controller (DDR3L-1600/DDR4-2400). It is manufactured in a 14nm process with FinFET transistors.

Architecture

Intel basically uses the same micro architecture compared to Skylake, so the per-MHz performance does not differ. The manufacturer only reworked the Speed Shift technology for faster dynamic adjustments of voltages and clocks, and the improved 14nm process allows much higher frequencies combined with better efficiency than before.

Performance

With 2.5 to 3.5 GHz, the Core i5-7300U clocks significantly higher than the old Core i5-7200U (2.5 - 3.1) and Core i5-6200U (2.3 - 2.8 GHz). Thanks to the fast Turbo frequency, the performance should be slightly below to the Core i7-7500U (2.7 - 3.5 GHz, but 4 MB L3 cache). Therfore, the performance is sufficient for demanding tasks.

Graphics

The integrated Intel HD Graphics 620 has 24 Execution Units (similar to previous HD Graphics 520) running at 300 - 1100 MHz. The performance depends a lot on the memory configuration; it should be comparable to a dedicated Nvidia GeForce 920M in combination with fast DDR4-2133 dual-channel memory.

Contrary to Skylake, Kaby Lake now supports hardware decoding for H.265/HEVC Main 10 with a 10-bit color depth as well as Google's VP9 codec. The dual-core Kaby Lake processors, which were announced in January, should also support HDCP 2.2.

Power Consumption

The chip is manufactured in an improved 14nm process with FinFET transistors, which improves the efficiency even further. Intel still specifies the TDP with 15 Watts, but it can also be reduced to 7.5 Watts by the notebook manufacturers (cTDP down). This will obviously affect the performance, because the Turbo Boost cannot be maintained for longer periods.

Intel Core i3-8130U

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The Intel Core i3-8130U is a power efficient dual-core SoC for notebooks and Ultrabooks (most likely) based on the Kaby Lake Refresh generation (and not Coffee Lake). It was announced in February 2018. Compared to its direct predecessor, the Core i3-7130U, the 8130U offers Turbo Boost for an increased single thread performance. The GPU is now named Intel UHD Graphics 620 but otherwise identical to the Intel HD Graphics 620. The integrated memory controller supports DDR4-2400 / LPDDR3-2133 and dual channel memory.

Architecture

Intel basically uses the same micro architecture compared to Skylake, so the per-MHz performance does not differ. The manufacturer only reworked the Speed Shift technology for faster dynamic adjustments of voltages and clocks, and the improved 14nm process allows much higher frequencies combined with better efficiency than before.

Performance

Clocked at 2.2 to 3.4 GHz, the Core i3-8130U offers a much better single core performance than the Core i3-7130U (2.7 GHz, no Turbo). Therefore, the overall performance should be comparable to the older Core i5-7260U (also 2.2 - 3.4 GHz). The Core i5-8250U offers four processor cores and therefore offers a much better multi-threaded performance.

Graphics

The integrated Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Intel Gen 9.5) is untouched from the 8th Gen Kaby Lake chips. In the Core i3-8130U it is rather low clocked with 1 GHz compared to the 1.1 GHz in Core i7 models. With fast dual-channel memory it can reach the performance of a dedicated GeForce 920M.

Contrary to Skylake, Kaby lake now also supports H.265/HEVC Main 10 with a 10-bit color depth as well as Google's VP9 codec. The dual-core Kaby Lake processors announced in January should also support HDCP 2.2.

Power Consumption

The chip is most likely manufactured in an improved 14nm process with FinFET transistors (14nm+), the same as the 7th Gen Kaby Lake processors. Intel still specifies the TDP with 15 Watts, which is typical for ULV chips. According to Intel it can be configured to 10 Watt at 800 MHz (cTDP-down).

ModelIntel Core i5-7300UIntel Core i3-8130U
SeriesIntel Kaby LakeIntel Kaby Lake Refresh
CodenameKaby LakeKaby Lake Refresh
Series: Kaby Lake Refresh Kaby Lake Refresh
Intel Core i7-7700K compare4.2 - 4.5 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7700 compare3.6 - 4.2 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Xeon E3-1535M v6 compare3.1 - 4.2 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7920HQ compare3.1 - 4.1 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7700T compare2.9 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7600K compare3.8 - 4.2 GHz4 / 4 cores8 MB L3
Intel Xeon E3-1505M v6 compare3 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7820HQ compare2.9 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7820HK compare2.9 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7700HQ compare2.8 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7500 compare3.4 - 3.8 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7440HQ compare2.8 - 3.8 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7567U compare3.5 - 4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7660U compare2.5 - 4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7600U compare2.8 - 3.9 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7300HQ compare2.5 - 3.5 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7500T compare2.7 - 3.3 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7287U compare3.3 - 3.7 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7560U compare2.4 - 3.8 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7267U compare3.1 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7360U compare2.3 - 3.6 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7500U compare2.7 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7300U « 2.6 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7260U compare2.2 - 3.4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7200U compare2.5 - 3.1 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7100H compare3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7167U compare2.8 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7Y75 compare1.3 - 3.6 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7Y57 compare1.2 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7Y54 compare1.2 - 3.2 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7100U compare2.4 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core m3-7Y32 compare1 - 3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4415U compare2.3 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Core m3-7Y30 compare1 - 2.6 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3965U compare2.2 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7020U compare2.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3867U compare1.8 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3865U compare1.8 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y compare1.7 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y compare1.6 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4410Y compare1.5 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3965Y compare1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Core i7-8650U compare1.9 - 4.2 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-8550U compare1.8 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-8350U compare1.7 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-8250U compare1.6 - 3.4 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i3-8130U « 2.2 - 3.4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4417U compare2.3 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Clock2600 - 3500 MHz2200 - 3400 MHz
L1 Cache128 KB256 KB
L2 Cache512 KB1 MB
L3 Cache3 MB4 MB
Cores / Threads2 / 42 / 4
TDP15 Watt15 Watt
Technology14 nm14 nm
max. Temp.100 °C
SocketBGA1356BGA1356
FeaturesDual-Channel DDR4 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NIDual-Channel DDR4/LPDDR3 Memory Controller, HyperThreading
iGPUIntel HD Graphics 620 (300 - 1100 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 620 (300 - 1000 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
$281 U.S.
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
348 Points (39%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
774 Points (2%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 328     avg: 343.3     median: 340 (2%)     max: 369 Points
min: 320     avg: 333.3     median: 338 (2%)     max: 342 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 125     avg: 140     median: 142 (43%)     max: 145 Points
min: 138     avg: 139     median: 139 (42%)     max: 140 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 3.57     avg: 3.9     median: 3.9 (5%)     max: 4.13 Points
3.8 Points (5%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 1.59     avg: 1.6     median: 1.6 (40%)     max: 1.64 Points
1.6 Points (41%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 5524     avg: 5529     median: 5529 (33%)     max: 5534 Points
min: 5419     avg: 5448     median: 5447.5 (33%)     max: 5476 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 12072     avg: 12298     median: 12298 (9%)     max: 12524 Points
min: 12142     avg: 12157     median: 12157 (9%)     max: 12172 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
14213 Points (10%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
7185 Points (9%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
min: 446.9     avg: 467.8     median: 467.8 (6%)     max: 488.6 s
485.5 s (6%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
min: 13.8     avg: 14.6     median: 14.6 (3%)     max: 15.38 s
14.3 s (3%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
2696 Points (4%)
2168 Points (3%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 24     avg: 24     median: 24 (8%)     max: 24.08 fps
22.2 fps (8%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
min: 128     avg: 128.2     median: 128.2 (30%)     max: 128.3 fps
116.6 fps (27%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
0.2 GB/s (0%)
0.2 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
0.4 GB/s (6%)
0.4 GB/s (6%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
2.1 GB/s (5%)
2 GB/s (5%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 4126     avg: 4492     median: 4491.5 (10%)     max: 4857 Points
4720 Points (10%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 11.03     avg: 12     median: 12 (3%)     max: 13 s
11.1 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 25     avg: 25     median: 25 (1%)     max: 25.03 s
26.2 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
min: 560     avg: 564     median: 564 (3%)     max: 568 s
661 s (3%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
10915 Points (10%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 3873     avg: 4393     median: 4364.5 (12%)     max: 4823 Points
min: 4075     avg: 4183     median: 4126 (11%)     max: 4349 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 40272     avg: 43335     median: 44182 (36%)     max: 45552 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 36277     avg: 40889     median: 40888.5 (33%)     max: 45500 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 47197     avg: 47678     median: 47678 (40%)     max: 48159 Points
min: 47727     avg: 48886     median: 48885.5 (41%)     max: 50044 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 2870     avg: 3520     median: 3396 (9%)     max: 4053 Points
min: 3659     avg: 3800     median: 3797 (10%)     max: 3945 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 4062     avg: 5086     median: 4947 (9%)     max: 5757 Points
min: 5410     avg: 5509     median: 5508.5 (10%)     max: 5607 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
1657 Points (7%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
4219 Points (42%)
min: 3919     avg: 4001     median: 4000.5 (40%)     max: 4082 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
8266 Points (9%)
min: 7470     avg: 7891     median: 7890.5 (9%)     max: 8311 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
4096 Points (56%)
min: 3796     avg: 4155     median: 4154.5 (57%)     max: 4513 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
7915 Points (19%)
min: 7123     avg: 8132     median: 8131.5 (20%)     max: 9140 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
7603 Points (13%)
min: 6935     avg: 7169     median: 7168.5 (13%)     max: 7402 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
3487 Points (68%)
min: 3107     avg: 3288     median: 3288 (64%)     max: 3469 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
7188 Points (11%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
3283 Points (49%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
6153 Points (50%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
6309 Points (57%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
7456 Points (15%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
7557 Points (15%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
7131 Points (19%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 1044     avg: 1119     median: 1075.5 (1%)     max: 1279 ms
min: 1084     avg: 1443     median: 1374.5 (2%)     max: 1937 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 91.3     avg: 187     median: 187 (2%)     max: 282.7 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 32474     avg: 34055     median: 33734 (30%)     max: 36276 Points
min: 25180     avg: 27861     median: 27142.5 (24%)     max: 31980 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
153 Points (32%)

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-7300U → 100% n=30

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i3-8130U → 98% n=30

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