Intel Core i7-2860QM vs Intel Core i3-7100U. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Intel Core i3
• Generation
  2 7
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 2000M Intel Core i 7000U

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  2.50 GHz 2.40 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.60 GHz No turbo
• CPU Threads
  8 4
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 3000 Intel HD Graphics 620
• GPU frequency
  0.65 GHz 0.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.30 GHz 1.00 GHz
• Execution units
  12 24
• Shader
  96 192
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 32 GB
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Generation
  6 9.5
• DirectX Version
  10.1 12
• Technology
  32 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2011 Q2/2016

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-7100U and Intel Core i7-2860QM. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1066DDR3-1333DDR3-1600 DDR4-2133 SO-DIMM
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 32 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  2.0 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  16 12

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-2860QM and Intel Core i3-7100U to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  45 W 15 W
• TDP down
  -- 7.5 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-2860QM and Intel Core i7-2860QM, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  8.00 MB 3.00 MB
• Architecture
  Sandy Bridge H Kaby Lake U
• Technology
  32 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  PGA 988 BGA 1356
• Release date
  Q4/2011 Q4/2016