Intel Core i7-7660U vs Intel Core i3-4170

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

1489 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2728 points

2858 points

4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1086 points

1121 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1037 points

1076 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

27.65 points

1% slightly higher Blender score

27.13 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2293 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2036 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1141 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1049 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2285 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2163 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1149 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1119 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

3.7 GHz

47% 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

811th 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

2015 February

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 i3-4170 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-4170 performs better than the Core i7-7660U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7660U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-4170 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7660U. A Core i7-7660U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-4170 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.