Intel Core i7-3517U vs Intel Core i7-4600U

Core i7-3517U vs Core i7-4600U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3517U beats the Core i7-4600U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4600U 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 i7-4600U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3517U. Also, the Core i7-4600U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4600U outputs less heat than Core i7-3517U thanks to a slightly 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 i7-3517U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.