Intel Core i7-4600U vs Intel Core i7-860

Core i7-4600U vs Core i7-860 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-860 performs better than the Core i7-4600U. Despite this, the Core i7-4600U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-860 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i7-4600U that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4600U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-860 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4600U. Also, the Core i7-860 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4600U 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.

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.