Intel Core i7-7600U vs AMD FX-4100

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i7 2 core CPU vs AMD FX 4-Core Black Edition 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD FX-4100

Price

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$ 3235.00

$ 390.00

$ 2845.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1234 points

1255 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2391 points

1% slightly better gaming score

2361 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

922 points

952 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

882 points

914 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

28.63 points

54% significantly higher Blender score

18.53 points

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

3.6 GHz

28% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

533% significantly lower TDP

95 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

892nd of 1,089

882nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7

FX 4-Core Black Edition

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-7600U vs FX-4100 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-7600U is faster than the FX-4100. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-4100 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the FX-4100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7600U.

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.