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Intel Core i7-11700 vs Intel Core i3-10100

Intel Core i7-11700

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The Intel Core i7-11700 is a high-end desktop CPU based on the Rocket Lake architecture. The CPU offers 8 cores and 16 threads clocked at 2.5 - 4.9 GHz. The TDP is rated at 65 Watt (PL1, power limit sustained load) but the PL2 is set to around 224 Watt for short term boosts (up to 56 seconds). 

The Sunny Cove processor cores (known from the Ice Lake mobile CPUs) offer larger caches and an improved IPC (up to 19%). Furthermore, the chip also includes (partly) integrated WiFi 6E and Thunderbolt 4. The platform supports PCIe 4.0 and Intel DL Boost for AI acceleration.

The faster Rocket Lake-S CPUs also integrate a new Intel UHD Graphics 750 that is based on the current Intel Xe architecture (e.g. mobile Tiger Lake).

The CPU is manufactured on the old 14 nm process like the Comet Lake predecessors.

Intel Core i3-10100

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The Intel Core i3-10100 is a four-core desktop processor based on the Comet Lake S architecture. The processor clocks at 3.6 - 4.3 GHz and can process up to 8 threads simultaneously. The Intel Core i3-10100 is manufactured in the improved 14nm process (14nm++). Compared to the older i3-9100 (Comet Lake-S), the 10100 offers a 100 MHz higher turbo clock, multithreading and support for faster DDR4-2666 memory.

Performance

The performance should be only slightly above the Core i3-9100 in the entry level for desktop CPUs. Thus the performance is sufficient for office and undemanding gaming.

Graphics Card

The Intel Core i3-10100 is a processor with a rather slow entry level integrated graphics unit (Intel UHD Graphics 630). 

Power consumption

Intel puts the Thermal Design Power (TDP) at 65 watts. This means there is no need for large cooling systems, which also allows installation in very compact housings.

ModelIntel Core i7-11700Intel Core i3-10100
CodenameRocket LakeComet Lake-S
SeriesIntel Rocket LakeIntel Comet Lake
Series: Comet Lake Comet Lake-S
Intel Core i9-11900K compare3.5 - 5.3 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i7-11700K compare3.6 - 5 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i7-11700 « 2.5 - 4.9 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i5-11600K compare3.9 - 4.9 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-11400F compare2.6 - 4.4 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-11400T compare1.3 - 3.7 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i9-10850K compare3.6 - 5.2 GHz10 / 20 cores20 MB L3
Intel Core i9-10910 compare3.6 - 5 GHz10 / 20 cores20 MB L3
Intel Core i3-10320 compare3.8 - 4.6 GHz4 / 8 cores7.9 MB L3
Intel Core i3-10100 « 3.6 - 4.3 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Clock2500 - 4900 MHz3600 - 4300 MHz
L1 Cache640 KB256 KB
L2 Cache4 MB1 MB
L3 Cache16 MB6 MB
Cores / Threads8 / 164 / 8
TDP65 Watt65 Watt
Technology14 nm14 nm
Die Size276 mm2126 mm2
max. Temp.100 °C100 °C
SocketLGA1200FCLGA1200
FeaturesDDR4-3200 RAM, PCIe 4, 8 GT/s bus, DL Boost, GNA, vPro, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, VMX, SMX, SMEP, SMAP, MPX, EIST, TM1, TM2, HT, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHADual-Channel DDR4-2666 Memory Controller, AVX, AVX2, AES-NI, TSX, Quick Sync, Virtualization
iGPUIntel UHD Graphics 750 (350 - 1300 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.com
$130 U.S.

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i7-11700
35.2 pt (59%)
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Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
10287 Points (10%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
1529 Points (64%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
579 Points (63%)
436 Points (47%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
3986 Points (10%)
2181 Points (5%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
1767 Points (11%)
895 Points (6%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
233 Points (65%)
181 Points (50%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
19.8 Points (26%)
9.9 Points (13%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
2.8 Points (66%)
2.1 Points (49%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
9493 Points (57%)
6863 Points (41%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
51493 Points (37%)
26903 Points (19%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
68932 Points (44%)
34987 Points (22%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
12748 Points (16%)
8914 Points (11%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
115.5 s (1%)
194.1 s (2%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
4.2 s (1%)
6.3 s (1%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
5962 Points (9%)
6124 Points (10%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multi Thread 4 runs
44752 MIPS (26%)
min: 24319     avg: 24356     median: 24355.5 (14%)     max: 24392 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
5810 MIPS (68%)
min: 4797     avg: 4853     median: 4853 (57%)     max: 4909 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
93.1 fps (31%)
55.8 fps (19%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
267.2 fps (62%)
212.5 fps (49%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
12.6 fps (22%)
min: 7.7     avg: 7.7     median: 7.7 (14%)     max: 7.78 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
1.1 GB/s (32%)
0.5 GB/s (15%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
1.8 GB/s (31%)
0.9 GB/s (15%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
12 GB/s (31%)
5 GB/s (13%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
295 Seconds (2%)
min: 492.2     avg: 493.7     median: 493.7 (3%)     max: 495.1 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
0.5 sec (11%)
min: 0.634     avg: 0.6     median: 0.6 (14%)     max: 0.652 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
14738 Points (31%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
6.9 s (1%)
8.9 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
15.1 s (1%)
20 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
387.7 s (2%)
481.8 s (2%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
61978 Points (48%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
18083 Points (45%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
77844 Points (63%)
min: 61562     avg: 74373     median: 74373 (60%)     max: 87184 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
77687 Points (63%)
min: 61702     avg: 74370     median: 74369.5 (60%)     max: 87037 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
78896 Points (63%)
min: 62930     avg: 74011     median: 74011 (59%)     max: 85092 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
18042 Points (46%)
min: 9394     avg: 16477     median: 16477 (42%)     max: 23560 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
25831 Points (46%)
min: 13268     avg: 24581     median: 24581 (44%)     max: 35894 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
11243 Points (47%)
min: 5274     avg: 5304     median: 5303.5 (22%)     max: 5333 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
1681 Points (66%)
min: 1171     avg: 1188     median: 1187.5 (46%)     max: 1204 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
9760 Points (17%)
min: 4740     avg: 4758     median: 4758 (9%)     max: 4776 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
1677 Points (7%)
min: 1167     avg: 1184     median: 1183.5 (5%)     max: 1200 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
9706 Points (31%)
min: 4724     avg: 4748     median: 4748 (15%)     max: 4772 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
7173 Points (72%)
min: 5494     avg: 5563     median: 5563 (56%)     max: 5632 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
37795 Points (38%)
min: 18622     avg: 18692     median: 18692 (19%)     max: 18762 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
601 ms (1%)
min: 833     avg: 836     median: 835.5 (1%)     max: 838 ms
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
256 Points (46%)
min: 202     avg: 207.5     median: 207.5 (37%)     max: 213 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
1701 Points (64%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
110.5 Watt (19%)
min: 108.5     avg: 115.2     median: 115.2 (20%)     max: 121.9 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
174.1 Watt (32%)
min: 96.7     avg: 101.9     median: 101.9 (19%)     max: 107.1 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
19 Watt (13%)
Power Consumption - Power Efficiency - Cinebench R15 Multi external Monitor
10.1 Points per Watt (8%)
9.3 Points per Watt (7%)

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-11700 → 100% n=40

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i3-10100 → 69% n=40

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