Intel Core i7-4600U vs Intel Core i3-4330TE

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 2 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i3 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

1087 points
9% slightly better overall score
993 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2192 points
9% slightly better gaming score
1996 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

800 points
8% slightly better multitasking score
734 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

767 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score
704 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
2.4 GHz
14% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
133% significantly lower TDP
35 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

12
16
33% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

16 GiB
32 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

926th of 1,089
951st of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7
4th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 August
2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i7-4600U vs Core i3-4330TE benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4600U is faster than the Core i3-4330TE. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-4330TE in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-4330TE has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4600U. A Core i7-4600U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-4330TE CPU because of its 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 i7-4600U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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