Intel Core i3-7020U vs Intel Core i3-4170

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i3 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i3-4170

Price

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$ 1126.00

$ 41.60

$ 1084.40 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

999 points

1489 points

49% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1994 points

2858 points

43% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

740 points

1121 points

51% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

710 points

1076 points

51% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.70 points

27.13 points

45% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1475 points

2036 points

38% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

726 points

1049 points

44% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1491 points

2163 points

45% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

734 points

1119 points

52% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz

3.7 GHz

60% significantly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

259% significantly lower TDP

54 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

33% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

948th of 1,089

811th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i3

4th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May

2015 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i3-7020U vs Core i3-4170 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-4170 is faster than the Core i3-7020U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-7020U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-4170 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-7020U. A Core i3-7020U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-4170 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 i3-7020U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.