Intel Core i3-4170 vs Intel Core i7-4600M

Core i3-4170 vs Core i7-4600M specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-4170 beats the Core i7-4600M in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4600M 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 i3-4170 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4600M. The Core i7-4600M outputs less heat than Core i3-4170 thanks to a 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 i3-4170 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.