Intel Core i3-4150 vs Intel Core i7-950

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

1432 points
4% slightly better overall score
1367 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2764 points
28% slightly better gaming score
2145 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1076 points
1130 points
5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1033 points
1084 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

28.01 points
30.71 points
9% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1994 points
25% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1595 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1003 points
118% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
460 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2052 points
37% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1494 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1054 points
130% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
457 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
14% slightly higher clock speed
3.06 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

54 W
140% significantly lower TDP
130 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
3
49% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
33% slightly more supported memory
24 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

852nd of 1,127
874th of 1,127

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i3
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May
2009 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
No

Core i3-4150 vs Core i7-950 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-4150 is faster than the Core i7-950. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-950 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-950 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-4150 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-950. A Core i3-4150 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-950 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3-4150 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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