Intel Core i3-7100U vs Intel Core i3-4150

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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

960 points
1436 points
49% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1881 points
2787 points
48% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

720 points
1076 points
49% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

693 points
1034 points
49% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

19.26 points
28.01 points
45% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1556 points
1994 points
28% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

757 points
1003 points
32% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1571 points
2052 points
30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

770 points
1054 points
36% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
3.5 GHz
45% 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

12
16
33% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

962nd of 1,089
827th 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

2016 August
2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i3-7100U vs Core i3-4150 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-4150 is faster than the Core i3-7100U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-7100U 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-4150 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i3-7100U. A Core i3-7100U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-4150 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3-7100U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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