Intel Core i3-4130 vs Intel Core i7-4558U

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i7 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

1405 points
13% slightly better overall score
1238 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2793 points
11% slightly better gaming score
2512 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1043 points
15% slightly better multitasking score
906 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1001 points
15% slightly better heavy workload score
866 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

27.00 points
13% slightly higher Blender score
23.78 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1809 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1634 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

925 points
25% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
736 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1998 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1966 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1018 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1007 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

3.4 GHz
21% slightly higher clock speed
2.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

54 W
28 W
92% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
33% slightly more pcie lanes
12

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
16 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

836th of 1,089
890th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i3
4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 August
2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
No

Core i3-4130 vs Core i7-4558U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-4130 performs better than the Core i7-4558U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4558U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-4130 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4558U. The Core i7-4558U outputs less heat than Core i3-4130 thanks to a 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 i3-4130 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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