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Intel Core i3-4100E vs Intel Core i7-6660U

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
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Intel Core i3-4100E
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Intel Core i7-6660U
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 50 %
Intel Core i3-4100E
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-6660U
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i3-4100E
Intel HD Graphics 4600
288
Intel Core i7-6660U
Intel Iris Graphics 540
806

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At a glance

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Intel Core i3-4100EIntel Core i7-6660U
FamilyIntel Core i3 (205)Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU groupIntel Core i 4000 (64)Intel Core i 6000U (20)
ArchitectureHaswell SSkylake U
Technology22 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopNotebook
SocketBGA 1364BGA 1356
Predecessor
SuccessorIntel Core i7-7660U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i3-4100EIntel Core i7-6660U
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 42 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 2x
Frequency: 2.40 GHz 2.40 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.40 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache
L3-Cache3.00 MB4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 4600Intel Iris Graphics 540
GPU frequency0.40 - 0.90 GHz0.30 - 1.05 GHz
CUs / Shader20 / 16048 / 384
Raytracing
Max. displays33
Max. GPU Memory2 GB32 GB
Technology22 nm14 nm
Release dateQ2/2013Q3/2015

NPU AI performance

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AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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MemoryDDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
LPDDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB32 GB
Memory channels22
ECCYesNo
PCIe3.0 x 163.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i3-4100EIntel Core i7-6660U
TDP37 W15 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down9.5 W
T. junction max.100 °C100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i3-4100EIntel Core i7-6660U
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ3/2013Q1/2016
Release price225 $415 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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2C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
Intel Core i7-6660U
Intel Core i7-6660U
2C / 4T · 2.40 - 3.40 GHz

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