Intel Core i3-1115G4 vs Intel Core i3-4170

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i3 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1829 points
22% slightly better overall score
1489 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3698 points
29% slightly better gaming score
2858 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1348 points
20% slightly better multitasking score
1121 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1293 points
20% slightly better heavy workload score
1076 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

29.31 points
8% slightly higher Blender score
27.13 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2919 points
43% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2036 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1506 points
43% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1049 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3077 points
42% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
2163 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1579 points
41% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1119 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.00 GHz
3.7 GHz
23% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W
92% significantly lower TDP
54 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

755th of 1,089
811th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i3
4th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 August
2015 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i3-1115G4 vs Core i3-4170 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-1115G4 is faster than the Core i3-4170. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-4170 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-4170 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1115G4. A Core i3-1115G4 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-4170 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-1115G4 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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