Intel Core i7-4610M vs Intel Core i7-960

Core i7-4610M vs Core i7-960 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-960 performs better than the Core i7-4610M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4610M in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-960 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i7-4610M that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4610M. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-960 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4610M. Despite this, the Core i7-4610M has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4610M CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-960 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 i7-4610M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.