Intel Core i3-6100 vs Intel Core i7-4600M

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i7 2 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

1570 points

12% slightly better overall score

1394 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3092 points

11% slightly better gaming score

2774 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1169 points

13% slightly better multitasking score

1034 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1123 points

13% slightly better heavy workload score

992 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

30.35 points

30.90 points

1% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2267 points

30% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1735 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1167 points

21% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

961 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2359 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1926 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1201 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1013 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

27% slightly higher clock speed

2.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

51 W

37 W

37% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

790th of 1,089

841st of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i3

4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2013 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i3-6100 vs Core i7-4600M comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-6100 performs better than the Core i7-4600M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4600M in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-6100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4600M. The Core i7-4600M outputs less heat than Core i3-6100 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 i3-6100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.