Intel Core i3 7100U 's Advantages
Lower TDP (15W vs 65W)
Intel Core i9 11980HK 's Advantages
Released 4 years and 9 months late
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2133)
Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)
Higher base frequency (3.3GHz vs 2.4GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (24MB vs 3MB)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)