Intel Core i3-4150 vs Intel Core i7-860

Core i3-4150 vs Core i7-860 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-4150 is faster than the Core i7-860. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-860 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-860 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-4150 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-4150. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-4150 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-860. A Core i3-4150 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-860 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-4150 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.