Intel Core i7 7700K vs i3 10105F

We compared two 4-core desktop CPUs: the 4.2 GHz Intel Core i7 7700K against the 3.7 GHz i3 10105F. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
31.5
(Mediocre)
Value Index
31.8
(Mediocre)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 10105F and 7700K
Advantages of Intel Core i7 7700K
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size
  • Includes an integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 630
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.5 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)
Advantages of Intel Core i3 10105F
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-2666 RAM
  • Newer - released 4 years and 3 months later
  • Around 5.84 GB/s (16%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 456.6 MB/sec 364.5 MB/sec
Clang compilation 37.9 Klines/sec 32.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 115.7 pages/sec 111.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 162.6 Mpixels/sec 159.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 152.5 pages/sec 154.5 pages/sec
Background blur 28.7 images/sec 27.8 images/sec
Photo processing 53.4 images/sec 49.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 7.57 Mpixels/sec 7.06 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 841 & 925 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 30.7 GOps/sec 28.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 18.8 GOps/sec 18.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 31M Primes/sec 24M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 17.2M Strings/sec 16.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 3.3 GBytes/sec 3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 136.7 MBytes/sec 130.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 655 Frames/sec 557 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 9B Matrices/sec 8.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 14773 & 1423 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
85.49

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 3.5 PPW 5.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 58.1 PPW 75.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 105.9 PPW 136.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 0.94 PPW 1.14 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i7 7700K
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2024-11-17 (Pavol K)Cinebench 202467 / 322
Intel Core i3 10105F
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-03-15 (MrRayeen)Geekbench 6 CPU1507 / 4726
📘 2025-12-23 (nmasl)Cinebench 202469 / 331

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 7700K and i3 10105F

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 3, 2017 February 15, 2021
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Kaby Lake Comet Lake
Model number i7-7700K i3-10105F
Integrated GPU HD Graphics 630 No
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus -

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 3.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 4.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 8 8
Bus Frequency 42 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 100x 37x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s 8 GT/s
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 8MB (shared) 6MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Fabrication Process 14 nm 14 nm
TDP (PL1) 91 W 65 W
Socket LGA-1151 LGA-1200
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Desktop CPU ranking (170th and 166th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel HD Graphics 630 -
GPU Base Clock 350 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1150 MHz -
Shading Units 192 -
TMUs 24 -
ROPs 3 -
Execution Units 24 -
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
0.4 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-2400
- DDR3L-1600
- DDR4-2666
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 35.76 GB/s 41.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 7700K official page Intel Core i3 10105F official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 16

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