Intel Core i3-7130U vs Intel Core i7-4500U

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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

976 points

1% slightly better overall score

965 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1947 points

4% slightly better gaming score

1856 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

724 points

729 points

0.69% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

695 points

700 points

0.72% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

19.54 points

22% slightly higher Blender score

15.89 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1667 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1416 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

827 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

754 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1774 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1562 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

875 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

821 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

2.7 GHz

49% significantly higher clock speed

1.8 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

957th of 1,089

961st 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

2017 May

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 i3-7130U vs Core i7-4500U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4500U beats the Core i3-7130U in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i3-7130U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-7130U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4500U. 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 i3-7130U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.