"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... https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i7-9700F...