Intel Core i3-8100T vs Intel Core i7-4600U

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Intel Core i3-8100T CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i7-4600U
Intel Core i3-8100T Intel Core i7-4600U

CPU comparison

Intel Core i3-8100T or Intel Core i7-4600U - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Core i3-8100T has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.10 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-8100T was released in Q2/2018.

The Intel Core i7-4600U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.30 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-4600U was released in Q3/2013.
Intel Core i3 (205) Family Intel Core i7 (298)
Intel Core i 8000 (20) CPU group Intel Core i 4000U (26)
8 Generation 4
Coffee Lake S Architecture Haswell U
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
Intel Core i3-7100T Predecessor --
Intel Core i3-9100T Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i3-8100T is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.10 GHz. The Intel Core i7-4600U has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.10 GHz (3.30 GHz).
Intel Core i3-8100T Characteristic Intel Core i7-4600U
4 Cores 2
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
3.10 GHz Frequency 2.10 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.30 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.30 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
Intel Core i3-8100T Characteristic Intel Core i7-4600U
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
Intel UHD Graphics 630 GPU Intel HD Graphics 4400
0.35 GHz GPU frequency 0.20 GHz
1.10 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.10 GHz
9.5 GPU Generation 7.5
14 nm Technology 22 nm
3 Max. displays 3
24 Compute units 20
192 Shader 160
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
64 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
12 DirectX Version 11.1

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
Intel UHD Graphics 630 GPU Intel HD Graphics 4400
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i3-8100T supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-4600U can connect up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
Intel Core i3-8100T Characteristic Intel Core i7-4600U
DDR4-2400 Memory DDR3L-1600
64 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
38.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
6.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 2.0
16 PCIe lanes 12
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 6.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core i3-8100T has a TDP of 65 W, that of the Intel Core i7-4600U is 15 W.
Intel Core i3-8100T Characteristic Intel Core i7-4600U
65 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
25 W TDP down --
82 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core i3-8100T has a 6.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i7-4600U cache has a total of 4.00 MB.
Intel Core i3-8100T Characteristic Intel Core i7-4600U
14 nm Technology 22 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
LGA 1151-2 Socket BGA 1168
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2018 Release date Q3/2013
117 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i3-8100T (100%)
Intel Core i7-4600U (92%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 5 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i3-8100T (100%)
Intel Core i7-4600U (51%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i3-8100T Intel Core i3-8100T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
833 (100%)
Intel Core i7-4600U Intel Core i7-4600U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
829 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i3-8100T Intel Core i3-8100T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
2700 (100%)
Intel Core i7-4600U Intel Core i7-4600U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
1372 (51%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core i3-8100T Intel Core i3-8100T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
1053 (100%)
Intel Core i7-4600U Intel Core i7-4600U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
950 (90%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core i3-8100T Intel Core i3-8100T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
3193 (100%)
Intel Core i7-4600U Intel Core i7-4600U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
1735 (54%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i3-8100T Intel Core i3-8100T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
320 (100%)
Intel Core i7-4600U Intel Core i7-4600U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
280 (88%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i3-8100T Intel Core i3-8100T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
1231 (100%)
Intel Core i7-4600U Intel Core i7-4600U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
522 (42%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core i3-8100T Intel Core i3-8100T
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz
422 (100%)
Intel Core i7-4600U Intel Core i7-4600U
Intel HD Graphics 4400 @ 1.10 GHz
352 (83%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Core i3-8100T Intel Core i3-8100T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
5315 (100%)
Intel Core i7-4600U Intel Core i7-4600U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
2702 (51%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i3-8100T Intel Core i3-8100T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
132 (100%)
Intel Core i7-4600U Intel Core i7-4600U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
120 (91%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i3-8100T Intel Core i3-8100T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
530 (100%)
Intel Core i7-4600U Intel Core i7-4600U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
291 (55%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i3-8100T Intel Core i3-8100T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
818 (100%)
Intel Core i7-4600U Intel Core i7-4600U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i3-8100T Intel Core i3-8100T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
3171 (100%)
Intel Core i7-4600U Intel Core i7-4600U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
0 (0%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
Intel Core i3-8100T Intel Core i3-8100T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-4600U Intel Core i7-4600U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
1442.5 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core i3-8100T Intel Core i3-8100T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-4600U Intel Core i7-4600U
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
801 (100%)

Devices using this processor
Intel Core i3-8100T Intel Core i7-4600U
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