The Core i3-7100U is a dual-core mobile CPU from Intel’s Kaby Lake family of chips. It’s a direct successor to the Intel’s Skylake generation Core i3-6100U but since the difference between the Kaby Lake and Skylake architectures isn’t big, the expected performance jump is marginal. Both, the Core i3-6100U and Core i3-7100U, are built using 14nm FinFET manufacturing process.
The Core i3-7100U retains the same features as before, such as the so-called Hyper-Threading technology allowing the CPU to work with 4 threads instead of using just the two physical cores. The newer alteration of the CPU is also rated at 15W TDP but offers a small 100 MHz clock jump compared to its predecessor. Now the base frequency is 2.4 GHz and still no support for Turbo Boost.
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Intel Core i3-7100U vs competitors:
| # | CPU | Cinebench 20 (M) | Performance Difference |
In laptops starting at... | Price Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 129. | Intel Pentium Silver N5000 | 513 |  1% |
$243.90 |  36% |
| 130. | Intel Pentium 4417U | 472 |  6% |
$379.00 |  14% |
| 131. | Intel Core i3-7100U | 445 |  8% |
$439.58 |  19% |
| 132. | Intel Core m3-8100Y | 413 | 1% |
$368.99 |  23% |
| 133. | Intel Celeron N4120 | 407 | 4% |
$299.00 | - |
| 134. | Intel Celeron N4500 | 391 | - | N/A | - |
We’ve tested Intel Core i3-7100U on…
| # | Laptop series | Cinebench R23 | Cinebench R20 | Adobe Photoshop | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Lenovo Ideapad V510 | - | - | 22.87 | N/A |
| 2. | Lenovo Flex 5 (14") | - | - | 23.01 | N/A |
| 3. | Intel Core i3-7100U Prototype Laptop | - | 445 | - | N/A |