Intel Core i7-8550U vs Intel Core i3-4170

Core i7-8550U vs Core i3-4170 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-8550U beats the Core i3-4170 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-4170 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-8550U has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-4170 has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-4170. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-4170 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-8550U. A Core i7-8550U 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 i7-8550U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.