Intel Core 3 100U: specs and benchmarks

Summary

Intel started Core 3 100U sales 9 January 2024. This is a Raptor Lake-U Refresh architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 6 cores and 8 threads, and is based on Intel 7 manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 4700 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is BGA1700 processor with a TDP of 15 Watt. It supports DDR5-5200, DDR4-3200, LPDDR4x-4267 memory.

Primary Details

Core 3 100U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance ranking	868
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop
Series	Raptor Lake-U
Architecture codename	Raptor Lake-U Refresh
Release date	9 January 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed Specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	8
Base clock speed	0.9 GHz	of 4.7 (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed	4.7 GHz	of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache	544 KB	of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache	5 MB	of 96 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX)
L3 cache	10 MB	of 768 (EPYC 7373X)
Chip lithography	Intel 7 nm	of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	of 110 (Atom x7-E3950)
64 bit support	+
Unlocked multiplier	No

Compatibility

Information on Core 3 100U compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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	of 8 (Opteron 842)
Socket	BGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by 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
AES-NI	+
Speed Shift	+
Hyper-Threading Technology	+
Thermal Monitoring	+
Flex Memory Access	+
Status	Launched

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB	+
Secure Key	+
OS Guard	+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d	+
VT-x	+
EPT	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core 3 100U's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR5-5200, DDR4-3200, LPDDR4x-4267
Maximum memory size	96 GB	of 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3)
Max memory channels	2	of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
ECC memory support	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Core 3 100U.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® Graphics
Quick Sync Video	+
Graphics max frequency	1.25 GHz
Execution Units	64

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core 3 100U's integrated GPU.

Number of displays supported

4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core 3 100U's integrated GPU, including resolutions over different interfaces.

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

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core 3 100U's integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12.1
OpenGL	4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCI Express lanes

20

of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Core 3 100U. Overall benchmark performance 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.

Relative performance

Overall Core 3 100U performance compared to nearest competitors among notebook CPUs.

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