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Intel Core i7-4940MX vs Intel Core i3-7130U

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-4940MX
Rank 2 - 80 %
Intel Core i3-7130U
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-4940MX
Rank 2 - 42 %
Intel Core i3-7130U
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i7-4940MX
4C / 8T · 3.90 GHz
1,091
Intel Core i3-7130U
2C / 4T · 2.70 GHz
924
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i7-4940MX
4C / 8T · 3.90 GHz
4,303
Intel Core i3-7130U
2C / 4T · 2.70 GHz
1,778
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i7-4940MX
4C / 8T · 3.90 GHz
910
Intel Core i3-7130U
2C / 4T · 2.70 GHz
684
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i7-4940MX
4C / 8T · 3.90 GHz
3,538
Intel Core i3-7130U
2C / 4T · 2.70 GHz
1,477
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i7-4940MX
Intel HD Graphics 4600
432
Intel Core i3-7130U
Intel HD Graphics 620
384

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i7-4940MXIntel Core i3-7130U
FamilyIntel Core i7 Extreme Edition (24)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupIntel Core i 4000M/4000H (38)Intel Core i 7000U (18)
ArchitectureHaswell HKaby Lake U
Technology22 nm14 nm
SegmentNotebookNotebook
SocketPGA 946BGA 1356
Predecessor
SuccessorIntel Core i3-8130U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i7-4940MXIntel Core i3-7130U
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 82 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 2x
Frequency: 3.10 GHz 2.70 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.90 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 3.90 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache8.00 MB3.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i7-4940MXIntel Core i3-7130U
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 4600Intel HD Graphics 620
GPU frequency0.40 - 1.35 GHz0.30 - 1.00 GHz
CUs / Shader20 / 16024 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays33
Max. GPU Memory2 GB32 GB
Technology22 nm14 nm
Release dateQ2/2013Q2/2016

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i7-4940MXIntel Core i3-7130U
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i7-4940MXIntel Core i3-7130U
MemoryDDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
LPDDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory32 GB32 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 163.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i7-4940MXIntel Core i3-7130U
TDP57 W15 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down7.5 W
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i7-4940MXIntel Core i3-7130U
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 dateQ4/2013Q2/2017
Release price975 $281 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i7-4940MX
Intel Core i7-4940MX
4C / 8T · 3.10 - 3.90 GHz
Intel Core i3-7130U
Intel Core i3-7130U
2C / 4T · 2.70 GHz

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