Intel Core i7-7660U 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1440 points

2% slightly better overall score

1401 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2728 points

2783 points

2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1086 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

1040 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1037 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

998 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

27.65 points

35.61 points

28% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2293 points

28% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1785 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1141 points

39% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

818 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2285 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2089 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1149 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1060 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

3.5 GHz

40% 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

825th 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 i7-7660U vs Core i3-4330 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-4330 is faster than the Core i7-7660U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7660U 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-4330 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-7660U. A Core i7-7660U 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.

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.