Intel Core i3-4130 vs Intel Core i7-920

Core i3-4130 vs Core i7-920 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-920 is faster than the Core i3-4130. Despite this, the Core i3-4130 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-920 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-4130 has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-4130. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-4130 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-920. A Core i3-4130 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-920 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-920 has more L2 cache than the Core i3-4130

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.