Core i3 2100 vs. i3 7100 Linux Benchmarks Intel Core i3-7100 Kabylake vs i3-2100 Sandy Bridge benchmarking. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article. Core i3 2100: Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI H61M-P31/W8 (MS-7788) v1.0, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Western Digital WDS250G1B0A-, Graphics: Intel HD 2000 (1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Antergos Linux 17.2-ISO-Rolling, Kernel: 4.9.8-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 13.0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.3.1 20170109, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i3 7100: Processor: Intel Core i3-7100 @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte B250M-DS3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Device 590f, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Western Digital WDS250G1B0A-, Graphics: Intel Kabylake GT2 3072MB (1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Antergos Linux 17.2-ISO-Rolling, Kernel: 4.9.8-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.3.1 20170109, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 . 87.86 |=============================== Core i3 7100 . 157.85 |======================================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 . 1.56 |============================= Core i3 7100 . 3.16 |========================================================== Xonotic 0.8 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 35.0 AVG: 40.2 MAX: 43.0 Core i3 7100 . MIN: 34.0 AVG: 41.4 MAX: 47.0 Xonotic 0.8 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 44.6 AVG: 56.4 MAX: 57.8 Core i3 7100 . MIN: 31.0 AVG: 50.0 MAX: 53.1 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 . 16.15 |================== Core i3 7100 . 52.10 |========================================================= Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 . 0.34 |================= Core i3 7100 . 1.18 |========================================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 35.0 AVG: 38.3 MAX: 44.0 Core i3 7100 . MIN: 31.0 AVG: 37.1 MAX: 49.0 Tesseract 2014-05-12 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 30.0 AVG: 47.7 MAX: 50.8 Core i3 7100 . MIN: 38.2 AVG: 44.0 MAX: 47.8 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 . 22.00 |======================== Core i3 7100 . 51.80 |========================================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 3 AVG: 45 MAX: 99 Core i3 7100 . MIN: 5 AVG: 19 MAX: 43 OpenArena 0.8.8 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 35.0 AVG: 36.9 MAX: 39.0 Core i3 7100 . MIN: 30.0 AVG: 36.0 MAX: 39.0 OpenArena 0.8.8 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 30.0 AVG: 51.0 MAX: 52.2 Core i3 7100 . MIN: 37.8 AVG: 45.9 MAX: 52.0 ET: Legacy 2.75 Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 . 32.17 |========================== Core i3 7100 . 71.40 |========================================================= ET: Legacy 2.75 Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 . 0.60 |========================= Core i3 7100 . 1.40 |========================================================== ET: Legacy 2.75 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 36.0 AVG: 39.1 MAX: 44.0 Core i3 7100 . MIN: 34.0 AVG: 44.1 MAX: 50.0 ET: Legacy 2.75 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 30.1 AVG: 53.5 MAX: 56.1 Core i3 7100 . MIN: 21.3 AVG: 51.1 MAX: 54.3 Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . 22.00 |========================================================= Core i3 7100 . 12.94 |================================== Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 36.0 AVG: 42.7 MAX: 48.0 Core i3 7100 . MIN: 31.0 AVG: 43.6 MAX: 52.0 Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 37.2 AVG: 53.1 MAX: 62.0 Core i3 7100 . MIN: 34.7 AVG: 47.4 MAX: 55.9 C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . 67.75 |========================================================= Core i3 7100 . 53.60 |============================================= C-Ray 1.1 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 45.0 AVG: 49.1 MAX: 50.0 Core i3 7100 . MIN: 31.0 AVG: 50.0 MAX: 52.0 C-Ray 1.1 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 29.8 AVG: 54.0 MAX: 55.6 Core i3 7100 . MIN: 50.2 AVG: 50.8 MAX: 51.0 LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . 14.32 |========================================================= Core i3 7100 . 9.67 |====================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 35.0 AVG: 41.2 MAX: 44.0 Core i3 7100 . MIN: 31.0 AVG: 39.6 MAX: 48.0 LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 30.1 AVG: 41.9 MAX: 43.6 Core i3 7100 . MIN: 21.1 AVG: 34.1 MAX: 38.0 FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . 9.52 |========================================================== Core i3 7100 . 5.06 |=============================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Performance Per Watt > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 . 0.00 | Core i3 7100 . 0.01 |========================================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 34.0 AVG: 38.6 MAX: 42.0 Core i3 7100 . MIN: 33.0 AVG: 38.4 MAX: 46.0 FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 30.0 AVG: 41.1 MAX: 43.7 Core i3 7100 . MIN: 20.8 AVG: 27.6 MAX: 30.9 SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 . 874.08 |======================================================= Core i3 7100 . 896.20 |======================================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops Per Watt > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 . 18.51 |=========================================== Core i3 7100 . 24.73 |========================================================= SciMark 2.0 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 35.0 AVG: 39.6 MAX: 43.0 Core i3 7100 . MIN: 30.0 AVG: 33.1 MAX: 34.0 SciMark 2.0 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 29.9 AVG: 47.2 MAX: 52.6 Core i3 7100 . MIN: 20.8 AVG: 36.2 MAX: 39.1 FFTW 3.3.4 Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 1024 Mflops > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 . 9436.12 |============================== Core i3 7100 . 17215.00 |====================================================== FFTW 3.3.4 Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 1024 Mflops Per Watt > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 . 205.06 |======================== Core i3 7100 . 477.68 |======================================================== FFTW 3.3.4 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 31.0 AVG: 39.6 MAX: 42.0 Core i3 7100 . MIN: 28.0 AVG: 36.1 MAX: 46.0 FFTW 3.3.4 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 44.9 AVG: 46.0 MAX: 46.7 Core i3 7100 . MIN: 21.7 AVG: 36.0 MAX: 37.8 Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 . 1302.22 |============================== Core i3 7100 . 2415.39 |======================================================= Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS Per Watt > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 . 29.31 |========================== Core i3 7100 . 63.63 |========================================================= Himeno Benchmark 3.0 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 34.0 AVG: 36.9 MAX: 40.0 Core i3 7100 . MIN: 34.0 AVG: 41.0 MAX: 45.0 Himeno Benchmark 3.0 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 29.7 AVG: 44.4 MAX: 46.3 Core i3 7100 . MIN: 20.9 AVG: 38.0 MAX: 45.6 John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 . 2128 |=============================== Core i3 7100 . 3984 |========================================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S Per Watt > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 . 41.73 |=========================== Core i3 7100 . 88.72 |========================================================= John The Ripper 1.8.0 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 34.0 AVG: 44.2 MAX: 50.0 Core i3 7100 . MIN: 43.0 AVG: 50.3 MAX: 56.0 John The Ripper 1.8.0 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 29.9 AVG: 51.0 MAX: 57.1 Core i3 7100 . MIN: 21.3 AVG: 44.9 MAX: 55.9 TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3a Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 . 74.54 |========================================= Core i3 7100 . 100.76 |======================================================== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3a Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS Per Watt > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 . 1.26 |====================================== Core i3 7100 . 1.92 |========================================================== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3a CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 44.0 AVG: 49.3 MAX: 51.0 Core i3 7100 . MIN: 46.0 AVG: 51.5 MAX: 53.0 TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3a System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 29.9 AVG: 59.1 MAX: 60.5 Core i3 7100 . MIN: 21.0 AVG: 52.6 MAX: 54.2 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . 416.86 |======================================================== Core i3 7100 . 235.55 |================================ Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 36.0 AVG: 49.3 MAX: 51.0 Core i3 7100 . MIN: 31.0 AVG: 52.1 MAX: 55.0 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 42.8 AVG: 60.2 MAX: 62.1 Core i3 7100 . MIN: 21.0 AVG: 54.6 MAX: 56.4 Stockfish 2014-11-26 Total Time ms < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . 4666 |========================================================== Core i3 7100 . 3314 |========================================= Stockfish 2014-11-26 Total Time Performance Per Watt > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 . 0.00 | Stockfish 2014-11-26 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 38.0 AVG: 40.0 MAX: 44.0 Core i3 7100 . MIN: 34.0 AVG: 40.0 MAX: 46.0 Stockfish 2014-11-26 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 30.2 AVG: 39.9 MAX: 45.0 Core i3 7100 . MIN: 20.4 AVG: 21.5 MAX: 22.6 Darktable 2.2.3 Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . 55.36 |========================================================= Core i3 7100 . 44.45 |============================================== Darktable CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 33.0 AVG: 47.6 MAX: 52.0 Darktable System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 53.9 AVG: 61.1 MAX: 66.1 Darktable 2.2.3 Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . 33.22 |========================================================= Core i3 7100 . 31.80 |======================================================= Darktable CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 35.0 AVG: 45.9 MAX: 50.0 Darktable System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 35.0 AVG: 54.0 MAX: 58.3 Darktable 2.2.3 Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . 28.50 |========================================================= Core i3 7100 . 26.66 |===================================================== Darktable CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 42.0 AVG: 46.7 MAX: 49.0 Darktable System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 29.9 AVG: 55.6 MAX: 59.3 SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . 27.32 |===================================================== Core i3 7100 . 29.39 |========================================================= SQLite 3.8.10.2 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 31.0 AVG: 32.5 MAX: 35.0 Core i3 7100 . MIN: 27.0 AVG: 28.3 MAX: 30.0 SQLite 3.8.10.2 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 29.9 AVG: 32.6 MAX: 33.2 Core i3 7100 . MIN: 20.5 AVG: 21.7 MAX: 22.0 Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 . 1225007.42 |=============================== Core i3 7100 . 2073837.92 |==================================================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 . 40652.90 |===================== Core i3 7100 . 102159.50 |===================================================== Redis 3.0.1 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 30.0 AVG: 30.2 MAX: 31.0 Core i3 7100 . MIN: 27.0 AVG: 27.4 MAX: 28.0 Redis 3.0.1 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 29.9 AVG: 30.1 MAX: 30.5 Core i3 7100 . MIN: 20.3 AVG: 20.3 MAX: 20.3 Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 . 1475954.50 |========================== Core i3 7100 . 2905416.58 |==================================================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 . 48711.37 |================== Core i3 7100 . 142842.51 |===================================================== Redis 3.0.1 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 30.0 AVG: 30.2 MAX: 31.0 Core i3 7100 . MIN: 26.0 AVG: 26.8 MAX: 27.0 Redis 3.0.1 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 . MIN: 29.7 AVG: 30.3 MAX: 31.8 Core i3 7100 . MIN: 20.3 AVG: 20.3 MAX: 20.4 CPU Temperature Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Celsius Core i3 2100 . MIN: 29.0 AVG: 42.7 MAX: 52.0 Core i3 7100 . MIN: 26.0 AVG: 42.9 MAX: 56.0 System Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Watts Core i3 2100 . MIN: 28.9 AVG: 52.2 MAX: 66.1 Core i3 7100 . MIN: 20.2 AVG: 43.6 MAX: 57.6 Darktable 2.2.3 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i3 7100 . MIN: 39.0 AVG: 48.8 MAX: 55.0 Darktable 2.2.3 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Core i3 7100 . MIN: 20.3 AVG: 51.0 MAX: 57.6 Darktable 2.2.3 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i3 7100 . MIN: 34.0 AVG: 45.9 MAX: 52.0 Darktable 2.2.3 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Core i3 7100 . MIN: 20.5 AVG: 44.6 MAX: 50.0 Darktable 2.2.3 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i3 7100 . MIN: 31.0 AVG: 46.7 MAX: 54.0 Darktable 2.2.3 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Core i3 7100 . MIN: 40.3 AVG: 48.6 MAX: 54.2