Intel Core i3-7100U vs Intel Core i7-4600U

Compare Intel 7th 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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Intel Core i7-4600U

Price

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$ 1161.00

$ 2083.00 significantly less expensive

$ 3244.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

960 points

1087 points

13% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1881 points

2192 points

16% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

720 points

800 points

11% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

693 points

767 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

19.26 points

15% slightly higher Blender score

16.74 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1556 points

1589 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

757 points

847 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1571 points

1627 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

770 points

880 points

14% slightly 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

2.4 GHz

14% slightly higher clock speed

2.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

Identical

15 W

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

32 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

16 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

962nd of 1,089

926th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i3

4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 August

2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i3-7100U vs Core i7-4600U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4600U beats the Core i3-7100U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-7100U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-7100U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4600U. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-7100U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.