Intel Core i7-7600U vs Intel Core i3-4330

Compare Intel 7th 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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Intel Core i3-4330

Price

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$ 3235.00

$ 92.61

$ 3142.39 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1234 points

1401 points

13% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2391 points

2783 points

16% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

922 points

1040 points

12% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

882 points

998 points

13% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

28.63 points

35.61 points

24% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz

3.5 GHz

25% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

259% significantly lower TDP

54 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

33% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

892nd of 1,089

838th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7

4th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February

2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-7600U vs Core i3-4330 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-4330 performs better than the Core i7-7600U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7600U 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 i3-4330 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-7600U. A Core i7-7600U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-4330 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-7600U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.