Intel Core i3-8100B vs Intel Core i7-970

What is the difference between Intel Core i3-8100B and Intel Core i7-970. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

962Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score580
3248Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score3238
6233PassMark CPU Mark Rating6747
2343PassMark Single Thread Rating1498

Processor Specs

Intel Core i3-8100BProcessorIntel Core i7-970
3600 MHzFrequency3200 MHz
Maximum Frequency3460 MHz
4Cores6
4Threads12
TDP130 W
CodenameGulftown
PackageFCLGA1366

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

983Single-Core Score580
3494Multi-Core Score2690
Geekbench 5.1.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.0 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

macOS 10.15.7 (Build 19H1217)Operating SystemWindows 10 (64-bit)
Mac mini (Late 2018)ModelOEM OEM
Macmini8,1Model ID
Apple Inc. Mac-7BA5B2DFE22DDD8C Macmini8,1MotherboardEVGA X58 SLI FTW3

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i3-8100BNameIntel Core i7-970
1 Processor, 4 CoresTopology1 Processor, 6 Cores, 12 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 10IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 44 Stepping 2
3.60 GHzBase Frequency3.19 GHz
Maximum Frequency3.45 GHz
PackageSocket 1366 LGA
CodenameGulftown
32.0 KB x 2L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 6
32.0 KB x 2L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 6
256 KB x 2L2 Cache256 KB x 6
6.00 MB x 1L3 Cache12.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

16.00 GBSize12.00 GB
1333 MHzFrequency530 MHz
DDR4TypeDDR3 SDRAM
Channels2

Geekbench 5 result (single)

983Single-Core Score580
1168Crypto Score562
904Integer Score578
1124Floating Point Score 587
1168
1.99 GB/sec
AES-XTS562
980.4 MB/sec
929
4.70 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)726
3.67 MB/sec
902
42.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression676
32.0 Mpixels/sec
949
2.68 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)560
1.58 MTE/sec
785
922.0 KElements/sec
HTML5573
673.4 KElements/sec
870
272.5 Krows/sec
SQLite547
171.4 Krows/sec
942
51.1 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering588
31.9 Mpixels/sec
926
294.9 KB/sec
Text Rendering490
156.3 KB/sec
885
6.89 Klines/sec
Clang556
4.34 Klines/sec
960
11.1 images/sec
Camera524
6.07 images/sec
896
1.12 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics495
619.6 Kpairs/sec
1126
6973.3 FPS
Rigid Body Physics618
3831.2 FPS
889
48.9 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur455
25.0 Mpixels/sec
990
7.62 images/sec
Face Detection624
4.81 images/sec
945
23.3 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection631
15.5 Mpixels/sec
1879
92.2 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting984
48.3 Mpixels/sec
1744
23.8 Mpixels/sec
HDR1030
14.0 Mpixels/sec
1275
1.02 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing649
521.2 Kpixels/sec
960
8.60 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion419
3.75 Kpixels/sec
965
30.9 Words/sec
Speech Recognition685
21.9 Words/sec
1114
43.1 images/sec
Machine Learning276
10.7 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

3494Multi-Core Score2690
4654Crypto Score1436
3223Integer Score2765
3889Floating Point Score 2737
4654
7.93 GB/sec
AES-XTS1436
2.45 GB/sec
3159
16.0 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)4631
23.4 MB/sec
3581
169.4 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression4190
198.2 Mpixels/sec
2510
7.08 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1071
3.02 MTE/sec
2910
3.42 MElements/sec
HTML53559
4.18 MElements/sec
3436
1.08 Mrows/sec
SQLite3593
1.13 Mrows/sec
3308
179.6 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering3111
168.8 Mpixels/sec
3331
1.04 MB/sec
Text Rendering1586
505.3 KB/sec
3381
26.3 Klines/sec
Clang3512
27.4 Klines/sec
3550
41.2 images/sec
Camera2048
23.7 images/sec
3269
4.09 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics3090
3.87 Mpairs/sec
4498
27866.1 FPS
Rigid Body Physics4449
27563.3 FPS
3632
199.7 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur2900
159.4 Mpixels/sec
3941
30.3 images/sec
Face Detection4023
31.0 images/sec
3513
86.6 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection2688
66.3 Mpixels/sec
5542
271.9 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting3621
177.6 Mpixels/sec
6562
89.4 Mpixels/sec
HDR5267
71.8 Mpixels/sec
5624
4.52 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing4270
3.43 Mpixels/sec
3502
31.4 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion2425
21.7 Kpixels/sec
2390
76.4 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1298
41.5 Words/sec
2430
93.9 images/sec
Machine Learning585
22.6 images/sec