Core i3 7100
Intel desktop processor · Core i 7th gen · launched January 2017
Check the price on AmazonAffiliate link. Street prices move; the figures on this page are launch prices.
Launch price in today's dollars
The Core i3 7100 launched at $117 in 2017. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $158 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 35% rise over 9 years. At its launch price that is 28 Blender points per $100.
Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2017 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.
Blender rendering score
Median score 33 (middle half of runs 30–37) across 22 community runs on Blender 4.x with the CPU backend. That is #271 of 290 desktop processors in our dataset with a score, and #15 of 15 in the Core i 7th gen.
This is a rendering benchmark (samples per minute over the monster, junkshop and classroom scenes), not a gaming benchmark. It says how fast the part renders in Blender's Cycles engine and nothing about frame rates. Source: Blender Open Data, CC0, snapshot 2026-09-06.
Specifications
| Vendor | Intel |
|---|---|
| Series | Core i 7th gen |
| Launched | January 2017 |
| Launch price | $117 (1,000-unit price) |
| Socket | LGA 1151 |
| Cores / threads | 2 / 4 |
| Base clock | 3.9 GHz |
| L3 cache | 3 MB |
| Rated power | 51 W (TDP) |
| Integrated graphics | HD 630 |
| Tier | 3-series |
The Intel 3-series over time
Intel desktop processors in the same tier around this one, oldest first, re-releases left out. Prices in launch dollars and in 2026 dollars; scores are Blender 4.x medians where they exist.
| Part | Year | Launch price | In 2026 $ | Blender |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core i3 4170T | 2015 | $117 | $163 | — |
| Core i3 4370T | 2015 | $138 | $193 | — |
| Core i3 6100 | 2015 | $117 | $163 | 30 |
| Core i3 6100T | 2015 | $117 | $163 | — |
| Core i3 6300 | 2015 | $139 | $194 | — |
| Core i3 6300T | 2015 | $138 | $193 | — |
| Core i3 6320 | 2015 | $148 | $207 | — |
| Core i3 6098P | 2015 | $117 | $163 | — |
| Core i3 7100 | 2017 | $117 | $158 | 33 |
| Core i3 7100T | 2017 | $117 | $158 | — |
| Core i3 7300 | 2017 | $147 | $198 | — |
| Core i3 7300T | 2017 | $147 | $198 | — |
| Core i3 7320 | 2017 | $157 | $212 | — |
| Core i3 7350K | 2017 | $168 | $227 | — |
| Core i3 8100 | 2017 | $117 | $158 | 46 |
| Core i3 8350K | 2017 | $168 | $227 | — |
Compare with
- Core i3 7100T · 2017 · $117
- Core i3 7300 · 2017 · $147
- Core i3 7300T · 2017 · $147
- Core i3 8100 · 2017 · $117 · 46
- Core i5 7400 · 2017 · $182 · 44
- Core i5 7500T · 2017 · $192 · 38
- Core i3 8100T · 2018 · $117 · 47
- Core i3 8300 · 2018 · $138
Think you know your hardware? Specdle is a daily game: name the desktop processor from its specs in eight guesses. Play today's puzzle.