Intel Core i3-2130 vs Intel Core i7-4600M

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1392 points
1394 points
0.14% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2662 points
2774 points
4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1049 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
1034 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1007 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score
992 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

14.70 points
30.90 points
110% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1298 points
1735 points
33% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

574 points
961 points
67% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1064 points
1926 points
81% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

521 points
1013 points
94% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

3.4 GHz
17% slightly higher clock speed
2.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
37 W
75% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

858th of 1,114
857th of 1,114

Family

The product line

Core
4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 August
2013 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

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