Intel Core i3 8100 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 7 months late
Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2400 vs DDR3-1600)
Larger memory bandwidth (37.5GB/s vs 25.6GB/s)
Larger L3 cache size (6MB vs 3MB)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 22nm)
Intel Core i3 4170 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 3.6GHz)
Lower TDP (54W vs 65W)