Intel Core i7-4600U vs Intel Core m3-7Y30

Core i7-4600U vs Core m3-7Y30 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core m3-7Y30 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.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores 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 m3-7Y30. Also, the Core i7-4600U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core m3-7Y30 outputs less heat than Core i7-4600U thanks to a 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 i7-4600U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.