Core i7-9700F vs i3-9100
Description
Both models i7-9700F and i3-9100 are based on Coffee Lake architecture.
Coffee Lake is the second refinement of Intel’s 14nm (Tri-Gate) technology. While it uses LGA1151 socket, it is incompatible with previous generations due to electrical changes in socket’s pins so these CPUs require Z370 chipset. This kind of generation introduced more cores in every range to compete with new AMD’s architecture. Coffee Lake uses DDR4 memory at 2400MHz for i3 and at 2666MHz for i5, i7 CPUs plus iGPU frequency has been increased 50MHz with respect to previous generation.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-9700F gets a score of 269.9 k points while the i3-9100 gets 171.7 k points.
Summarizing, the i7-9700F is 1.6 times faster than the i3-9100. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Coffee Lake is the second refinement of Intel’s 14nm (Tri-Gate) technology. While it uses LGA1151 socket, it is incompatible with previous generations due to electrical changes in socket’s pins so these CPUs require Z370 chipset. This kind of generation introduced more cores in every range to compete with new AMD’s architecture. Coffee Lake uses DDR4 memory at 2400MHz for i3 and at 2666MHz for i5, i7 CPUs plus iGPU frequency has been increased 50MHz with respect to previous generation.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-9700F gets a score of 269.9 k points while the i3-9100 gets 171.7 k points.
Summarizing, the i7-9700F is 1.6 times faster than the i3-9100. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Specs
CPUID
906ed
906eb
Core
Coffee Lake-S
Coffee Lake-S
Base frecuency
3 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.7 GHz
4.2 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
8/8
4/4
TDP
65 W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
8x256 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
12288 kB
6144 kB
Date
April 2019
April 2019
Mean monothread perf.
60.93k points
66.74k points
Mean multithread perf.
269.85k points
229.2k points
Non-optimized benchmark
The benchmark in Mode 0 (FPU) measures cpu performance with non-optimized software. It uses the basic µinstructions from the i386 architecture with the i387 floating point unit. This mode is compatible with all CPUs so it's practical to compare very different CPUs
Monothread
i7-9700F
i3-9100
Test#1 (Integers)
4.67k
4.3k (x0.92)
Test#2 (FP)
17.16k
17.79k (x1.04)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.7k
5.58k (x0.98)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.37k
8.86k (x0.62)
TOTAL
41.9k
36.53k (x0.87)
Multithread
i7-9700F
i3-9100
Test#1 (Integers)
26.31k
15.99k (x0.61)
Test#2 (FP)
97.53k
66.31k (x0.68)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
31.53k
20.75k (x0.66)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.94k
4.44k (x0.5)
TOTAL
164.31k
107.49k (x0.65)
SSE3 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode I (SSE) is optimized for the use of SIMD instructions with 128 bits register and the SSE set up to version 3. Nearly every modern CPU has support for this mode.
Monothread
i7-9700F
i3-9100
Test#1 (Integers)
16.8k
15.53k (x0.92)
Test#2 (FP)
24.08k
22.21k (x0.92)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.06k
5.79k (x0.95)
Test#1 (Memory)
13.98k
8.31k (x0.59)
TOTAL
60.93k
51.84k (x0.85)
Multithread
i7-9700F
i3-9100
Test#1 (Integers)
92.79k
58.56k (x0.63)
Test#2 (FP)
135.13k
86.17k (x0.64)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
33.29k
22.4k (x0.67)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.64k
4.55k (x0.53)
TOTAL
269.85k
171.69k (x0.64)
Performance/W
i7-9700F
i3-9100
Test#1 (Integers)
1428 points/W
901 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
2079 points/W
1326 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
512 points/W
345 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
133 points/W
70 points/W
TOTAL
4152 points/W
2641 points/W
Performance/GHz
i7-9700F
i3-9100
Test#1 (Integers)
3575 points/GHz
3698 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
5124 points/GHz
5289 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1290 points/GHz
1378 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
2975 points/GHz
1978 points/GHz
TOTAL
12964 points/GHz
12343 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.
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]
Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]
Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]
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.
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]
Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]
Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]
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