Intel Core i3-N300 vs Intel Core i3-8100. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Intel Core i3 Intel Core i3
• CPU group
  Intel Core i N300 Intel Core i 8000
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Generation
  13 8
• Predecessor
  -- Intel Core i3-7100
• Successor
  -- Intel Core i3-9100

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.

• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Overclocking
  No No
• Frequency
  1.80 GHz 3.60 GHz

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 UHD Graphics 770 Intel UHD Graphics 630
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz 0.35 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.30 GHz 1.10 GHz
• Execution units
  32 24
• Shader
  256 192
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 64 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  11 9.5
• Technology
  10 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2021 Q4/2017

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-8100 and Intel Core i3-N300. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR5-5600 DDR4-2400
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2
• ECC
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-N300 and Intel Core i3-8100 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  7 W 65 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-N300 and Intel Core i3-N300, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Technology
  10 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  BGA LGA 1151-2
• L2-Cache
  2.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  6.00 MB 6.00 MB
• Architecture
  Alder Lake N Coffee Lake S
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• Release date
  Q4/2022 Q4/2017