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General information Core i3-7100 Core i7-960
Launched Q1 2017 Q4 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151 LGA1366
Series Name Intel Core i3 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Kaby Lake-S Bloomfield
Clock 3.9 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 17.9 %
Cores 2 50 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 50 % 8 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 51 W 60.8 % 130 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 68.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 3 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i3-7100 Core i7-960
Overall Score 41021 0 % 38407 6.4 %
Future Proof 57 % 0 % 15 % 73.7 %
Benchmark Score 2831 0 % 2176 23.1 %
Single Thread Score 2308.7 0 % 1452.2 37.1 %
Encrypting Data 1453.7 MB/s 68.8 % 4666.2 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 57.5 MB/s 19.5 % 71.4 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 7556.7 thousand/s 23.8 % 9912.8 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 14 millions/s 39.6 % 23.2 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 13225.5 millions/s 27 % 18110.1 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 8183.9 millions/s 0 % 7684.6 millions/s 6.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-7100, Core i7-960.

Average frames per second Core i3-7100 Core i7-960
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 76.2 FPS 68.4 FPS
High settings 121.9 FPS 109.5 FPS
Medium settings 152.4 FPS 136.9 FPS
Low settings 190.5 FPS 171.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.2 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i3-7100 Core i7-960
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 122.5 FPS 117.9 FPS
High settings 196.1 FPS 188.7 FPS
Medium settings 245.1 FPS 235.8 FPS
Low settings 306.3 FPS 294.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.8 %
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