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Intel Core i3 1115G4 vs Core 3 100U

34 out of 100
Intel Core i3 1115G4
VS
47 out of 100
Intel Core 3 100U
Intel Core i3 1115G4
Intel Core 3 100U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.7-3.0 GHz Intel Core i3 1115G4 with 2-cores against the 1.2 GHz Core 3 100U with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 100U and 1115G4
Advantages of Intel Core 3 100U
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 3 years and 5 months later
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • Supports up to 96 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • 35% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2467 vs 1822 points
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics (64 EU) integrated graphics: 1.3 vs 1 TFLOPS
  • 15% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4.1 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i3 1115G4
vs
Core 3 100U

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i3 1115G4
172
Core 3 100U +120%
379
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i3 1115G4
1822
Core 3 100U +35%
2467
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i3 1115G4
3383
Core 3 100U +89%
6387
File compression 384.7 MB/sec 599.7 MB/sec
Clang compilation 19.6 Klines/sec 44.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 73 pages/sec 137.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 99.4 Mpixels/sec 190.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 99.4 pages/sec 230 pages/sec
Background blur 15.9 images/sec 23.6 images/sec
Photo processing 40 images/sec 57.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 3.68 Mpixels/sec 8.91 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 553 & 44 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i3 1115G4
2537
Core 3 100U +38%
3496
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i3 1115G4
5804
Core 3 100U +115%
12466
Integer math 17.2 GOps/sec 39.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 10.7 GOps/sec 28.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 25M Primes/sec 51M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 7.6M Strings/sec 15.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 3.3 GBytes/sec 8.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 61.2 MBytes/sec 136 MBytes/sec
Physics 399 Frames/sec 870 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 4.5B Matrices/sec 7.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 5667 & 510 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i3 1115G4
29.73
Core 3 100U +94%
57.69

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 6.1 PPW 25.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 120.8 PPW 425.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 207.3 PPW 831.1 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.06 PPW 3.85 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i3 1115G4 and Core 3 100U

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released September 2, 2020 January 9, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Tiger Lake Raptor Lake Refresh
Model number i3-1115G4 100U
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics Xe G4 UHD Graphics (64 EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 3 5300U - AMD Ryzen 3 7440U
Successor - Intel Core 3 100U -
Intel CPU rating (#176th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 2
P-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (P) 1.7-3.0 GHz 1.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.1 GHz 4.7 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 4
E-Threads - 4
Base Frequency (E) - 0.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 3.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 2 6
Total Threads 4 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 17-30x 12x
Bus Bandwidth 4 GT/s -
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) 10MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-28 W (configurable) 12-15 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 55 W
Socket BGA-1449 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 Intel UHD Graphics (64 EU)
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1250 MHz 1250 MHz
Shading Units 384 512
TMUs 24 32
ROPs 12 16
Execution Units 48 64
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i3 1115G4
1 TFLOPS
Core 3 100U +30%
1.3 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics (64 EU) compared to Graphics Xe G4 (48 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4X-3733		 - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 96 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i3 1115G4 official page Intel Core 3 100U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 20

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Total votes: 10

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Comments

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