"i3" (or for that matter, "i5", "i7"...) means nothing in terms of performance. The generation matters a lot. For example an i3-12100 is faster than a i7-9700F

"i3" (or for that matter, "i5", "i7"...) means nothing in terms of performance. The generation matters a lot. For example an i3-12100 is faster than a i7-9700F https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i3-12100&id=4687 https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i3-12100... https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i7-9700F+%40+3.00GHz&id=3465 https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i7-9700F...