Intel Core i7-2600 vs Intel Core i7-4930MX

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-4930MX

Price

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$ 226.37

$ 72.64 significantly less expensive

$ 299.01

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2539 points

3% slightly better overall score

2463 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3984 points

4049 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2108 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

2003 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2031 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

1926 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

38.63 points

50.02 points

29% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2047 points

3101 points

51% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

608 points

873 points

43% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2040 points

3648 points

78% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

610 points

1251 points

105% 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

3.4 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

3.20 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

3.9 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

57 W

66% significantly 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

32 GiB

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

619th of 1,089

636th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February

2013 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-2600 vs Core i7-4930MX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-2600 is faster than the Core i7-4930MX. Despite this, the Core i7-4930MX 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-2600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4930MX. Despite this, the Core i7-4930MX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4930MX outputs less heat than Core i7-2600 thanks to a 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 i7-2600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.