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Intel Core2 Duo E4600 vs Intel Core i3-4170

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 41 %
Intel Core2 Duo E4600
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-4170
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 31 %
Intel Core2 Duo E4600
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-4170
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core2 Duo E4600
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
337
Intel Core i3-4170
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
830
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core2 Duo E4600
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
607
Intel Core i3-4170
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
1,932
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core2 Duo E4600
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
385
Intel Core i3-4170
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
1,003

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At a glance

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Intel Core2 Duo E4600Intel Core i3-4170
FamilyIntel Core2 Duo (29)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupIntel Core 2 Duo E4000/E6000 (15)Intel Core i 4000 (64)
ArchitectureConroe (Core)Haswell S
Technology65 nm22 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 775LGA 1150
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core2 Duo E4600Intel Core i3-4170
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 22 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 2x
Frequency: 2.40 GHz 3.70 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache2.00 MB
L3-Cache3.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core2 Duo E4600Intel Core i3-4170
GPU nameno iGPUIntel HD Graphics 4400
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader / 20 / 160
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory2 GB
Technology22 nm
Release dateQ2/2013

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core2 Duo E4600Intel Core i3-4170
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core2 Duo E4600Intel Core i3-4170
MemoryDDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR2-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB32 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoYes
PCIe3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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TDP65 W54 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core2 Duo E4600Intel Core i3-4170
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ4/2007Q1/2015
Release price117 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core2 Duo E4600
Intel Core2 Duo E4600
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
Intel Core i3-4170
Intel Core i3-4170
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

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