Intel Core i3-8100 vs Intel Core i7-4870HQ. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 8000 Intel Core i 4000M/4000H
• Family
  Intel Core i3 Intel Core i7
• Generation
  8 4
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i3-7100 -
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Successor
  Intel Core i3-9100 -

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.6 GHz 2.5 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  4 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo 3.7 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  No turbo No turbo

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

• DirectX Version
  12 11.1
• Execution units
  24 40
• Generation
  9.5 7.5
• GPU Frequency
  350 MHz 200 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200
• GPU Turbo
  1100 MHz 1200 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q4/2017 Q2/2013
• Shader
  192 320
• Technology
  14 nm 22 nm

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-4870HQ and Intel Core i3-8100. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 32 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 DDR3L-1333 SO-DIMMDDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM
• PCIe lanes
  16 16
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-8100 and Intel Core i7-4870HQ Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 47 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-8100 and Intel Core i7-4870HQ, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Coffee Lake S Haswell H
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  6 MB 6 MB
• Release date
  Q4/2017 Q3/2014
• Socket
  LGA 1151-2 BGA 1364
• Technology
  14 nm 22 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d