Intel Core i3-4170 vs Intel Core i7-4810MQ

Core i3-4170 vs Core i7-4810MQ specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-4170 beats the Core i7-4810MQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4810MQ in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-4810MQ has significantly more cores with 3 cores whereas the Core i3-4170 has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-4170. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-4170 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4810MQ. The Core i7-4810MQ outputs less heat than Core i3-4170 thanks to a slightly 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 i3-4170 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.