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Core i5-8350U vs i3-7100


Description
Both models i5-8350U and i3-7100 are based on Kaby Lake architecture.

The first Kaby Lake CPU was released in August 2016. It uses a 14 nm process and was the first architecture in breaking the previous tick-tock model. Actually, it is not that different from the preceding Skylake: it has 64kB of L1 cache and 256kB L2 cache per core.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i5-8350U gets a score of 112.1 k points while the i3-7100 gets 124.8 k points.

Summarizing, the i3-7100 is 1.1 times faster than the i5-8350U. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
806ea
906e9
Core
Kaby Lake-R
Kaby Lake-S
Architecture
Base frecuency
1.7 GHz
3.9 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.6 GHz
3.9 GHz
Socket
BGA 1356
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
4/8
2/4
TDP
15 W
51 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
2x32+2x32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
2x256 kB
Cache L3
6144 kB
3072 kB
Date
August 2017
January 2017
Mean monothread perf.
38.31k points
57.86k points
Mean multithread perf.
112.12k points
124.8k points

AVX2 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode III (AVX2), like AVX1, is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the second version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX2 compatible CPU was released in 2013.
Monothread
i5-8350U
i3-7100
Test#1 (Integers)
16.74k
25.53k (x1.53)
Test#2 (FP)
14.66k
22.98k (x1.57)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.79k
5.37k (x1.92)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.12k
3.97k (x0.96)
TOTAL
38.31k
57.86k (x1.51)

Multithread

i5-8350U

i3-7100
Test#1 (Integers)
51.05k
54.73k (x1.07)
Test#2 (FP)
45.59k
53.55k (x1.17)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
10.69k
12.93k (x1.21)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.78k
3.6k (x0.75)
TOTAL
112.12k
124.8k (x1.11)

Performance/W
i5-8350U
i3-7100
Test#1 (Integers)
3403 points/W
1073 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
3039 points/W
1050 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
713 points/W
254 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
319 points/W
71 points/W
TOTAL
7475 points/W
2447 points/W

Performance/GHz
i5-8350U
i3-7100
Test#1 (Integers)
4650 points/GHz
6547 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
4071 points/GHz
5893 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
776 points/GHz
1377 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
1144 points/GHz
1019 points/GHz
TOTAL
10642 points/GHz
14836 points/GHz

Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.

Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.

If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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