Intel Core i7-4600M vs Intel Core i7-860

Core i7-4600M vs Core i7-860 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4600M beats the Core i7-860 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-860 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-860 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-4600M. Indeed, the Core i7-860 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i7-4600M. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4600M. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-4600M has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-860. Also, the Core i7-4600M has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4600M CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-860 CPU because of its significantly 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 i7-4600M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.