3 100U vs Pentium Gold G7400

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold G7400 and Core 3 100U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1385	842
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	Raptor Lake-U
Power efficiency	8.72	57.41
Architecture codename	Alder Lake-S (2022)	Raptor Lake-U Refresh (2024)
Release date	4 January 2022 (2 years ago)	8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$426

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold G7400 and Core 3 100U basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Performance-cores	2	2
Efficient-cores	no data	4
Threads	4	8
Base clock speed	3.7 GHz	1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	4.7 GHz
Bus rate	no data	55 MHz
L1 cache	80K (per core)	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1.25 MB (per core)	1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache	6 MB (shared)	10 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	Intel 7 nm	Intel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	100 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold G7400 and Core 3 100U compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Socket	FCLGA1700	FCBGA1744
Power consumption (TDP)	46 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold G7400 and Core 3 100U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Deep Learning Boost	+	+

Security technologies

Pentium Gold G7400 and Core 3 100U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	+
OS Guard	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold G7400 and Core 3 100U are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold G7400 and Core 3 100U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200	DDR5-5200, DDR4-3200, LPDDR4x-4267
Maximum memory size	128 GB	96 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel UHD Graphics 710	Intel® Graphics
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Clear Video HD	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	1.35 GHz	1.25 GHz
Execution Units	16	64

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold G7400 and Core 3 100U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

4

4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold G7400 and Core 3 100U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096 x 2160 @ 60Hz	4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDP	5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz	4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz	7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold G7400 and Core 3 100U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	12.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold G7400 and Core 3 100U.

PCIe version	5.0 and 4.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	20	8

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	4.24	9.10
Recency	4 January 2022	8 January 2024
Physical cores	2	6
Threads	4	8
Power consumption (TDP)	46 Watt	15 Watt

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