Component comparison
Core 3 100U vs Core i5-7200U
Core 3 100U vs Core i5-7200U — detailed CPU comparison: performance, cores, frequencies.
Advantages
A
Core 3 100U
- + Release year (+8)
- + Cores (+4)
- + Threads (+4)
- + Boost clock (GHz) (+1.60 GHz)
- + L1 cache (KB) (+480 KB)
- + L3 cache (MB) (+7 MB)
- + Lithography (nm) (-4 nm)
- + PassMark (overall) (+9267)
- + Normalized score (+25.4)
B
Core i5-7200U
- + Base clock (GHz) (+1.30 GHz)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
Core 3 100U
|
Component B
Core i5-7200U
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2024 (+8) | 2016 |
| Cores | 6 (+4) | 2 |
| Threads | 8 (+4) | 4 |
| Base clock (GHz) | 1.20 GHz | 2.50 GHz (+1.30 GHz) |
| Boost clock (GHz) | 4.70 GHz (+1.60 GHz) | 3.10 GHz |
| L1 cache (KB) | 544 KB (+480 KB) | 64 KB |
| L2 cache (KB) | — | 256 KB |
| L3 cache (MB) | 10 MB (+7 MB) | 3 MB |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | — | 34 GB/s |
| Memory channels | — | 2 |
| Max memory (GB) | — | 32 GB |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 15 W | 15 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 10 nm (-4 nm) | 14 nm |
| Critical temp (°C) | 100 °C | 100 °C |
| PassMark (overall) | 12,640 (+9267) | 3,373 |
| PassMark (single-thread) | — | — |
| Geekbench 5 (single-core) | — | 508 |
| Geekbench 5 (multi-core) | — | 1,316 |
| Normalized score | 46.0 (+25.4) | 20.6 |
Only in component B
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In both
AVX
AVX2
AES-NI
VT-x
VT-d
Based on the comparison:
Core 3 100U wins 9 of the comparable criteria.
The choice depends on your use case.
🤔 How to choose
Universal advice for any use case.
- Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
- Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
- Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).