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Intel Core i7-4600M vs Intel Core i3-6100

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 90 %
Intel Core i7-4600M
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-6100
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 86 %
Intel Core i7-4600M
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-6100
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i7-4600M
2C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
1,025
Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
1,208
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i7-4600M
2C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
2,132
Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
2,355
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i7-4600M
2C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
864
Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
901
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i7-4600M
2C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
1,887
Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
2,064
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i7-4600M
Intel HD Graphics 4600
416
Intel Core i3-6100
Intel HD Graphics 530
403

More benchmarks

At a glance

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Intel Core i7-4600MIntel Core i3-6100
FamilyIntel Core i7 (300)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupIntel Core i 4000M/4000H (38)Intel Core i 6000 (24)
ArchitectureHaswell HSkylake S
Technology22 nm14 nm
SegmentNotebookDesktop
SocketBGA 1168LGA 1151
Predecessor
SuccessorIntel Core i3-7100

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i7-4600MIntel Core i3-6100
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 42 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 2x
Frequency: 2.90 GHz 3.70 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.60 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 3.60 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache6.00 MB3.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i7-4600MIntel Core i3-6100
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 4600Intel HD Graphics 530
GPU frequency0.40 - 1.30 GHz0.35 - 1.05 GHz
CUs / Shader20 / 16024 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays33
Max. GPU Memory2 GB32 GB
Technology22 nm14 nm
Release dateQ2/2013Q3/2015

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i7-4600MIntel Core i3-6100
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i7-4600MIntel Core i3-6100
MemoryDDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory32 GB64 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoYes
PCIe3.0 x 163.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i7-4600MIntel Core i3-6100
TDP37 W51 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Intel Core i7-4600MIntel Core i3-6100
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 dateQ4/2013Q3/2015
Release price117 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i7-4600M
Intel Core i7-4600M
2C / 4T · 2.90 - 3.60 GHz
Intel Core i3-6100
Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

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