Intel Core i7-7660U vs Intel Core i3-4160

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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1440 points

1444 points

0.28% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2728 points

2813 points

3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1086 points

0.46% slightly better multitasking score

1081 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1037 points

1038 points

0.10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

27.65 points

16% slightly higher Blender score

23.82 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2293 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1850 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1141 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

962 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2285 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2084 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1149 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1076 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

2.5 GHz

3.6 GHz

44% significantly 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

825th of 1,089

823rd 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

2014 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 i7-7660U vs Core i3-4160 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-7660U beats the Core i3-4160 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i3-4160 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-4160 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-7660U. A Core i7-7660U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-4160 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 i7-7660U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.