Intel Core i3-4330 vs Intel Core i7-860

Core i3-4330 vs Core i7-860 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-4330 beats the Core i7-860 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-860 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-860 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-4330 has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-4330. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-4330 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-860. A Core i3-4330 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.

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 i3-4330 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.