Intel Core i7-920 vs Intel Core i7-4600M

Core i7-920 vs Core i7-4600M benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-920 performs better than the Core i7-4600M. Despite this, the Core i7-4600M has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-920 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i7-4600M that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4600M. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4600M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-920. Also, the Core i7-4600M has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4600M outputs less heat than Core i7-920 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-920 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.