Intel Core m3-7Y32 vs Intel Core i3-4030Y

Last updated:

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core m3-7Y32 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i3-4030Y
Intel Core m3-7Y32 Intel Core i3-4030Y

CPU comparison

Intel Core m3-7Y32 or Intel Core i3-4030Y - 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 m3-7Y32 has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core m3-7Y32 was released in Q2/2017.

The Intel Core i3-4030Y has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-4030Y was released in Q3/2014.
Intel Core M (16) Family Intel Core i3 (202)
Intel Core M 7 (2) CPU group Intel Core i 4000Y (11)
7 Generation 4
Kaby Lake Y Architecture Haswell Y
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core m3-7Y32 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core m3-7Y32 is 1.10 GHz (3.00 GHz) while the Intel Core i3-4030Y has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i3-4030Y is at 1.60 GHz.

Intel Core m3-7Y32 Characteristic Intel Core i3-4030Y
2 Cores 2
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.10 GHz Frequency 1.60 GHz
3.00 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

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 m3-7Y32 Characteristic Intel Core i3-4030Y
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core m3-7Y32 or Intel Core i3-4030Y has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

Intel HD Graphics 615 GPU Intel HD Graphics 4200
0.30 GHz GPU frequency 0.20 GHz
0.90 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.85 GHz
9.5 GPU Generation 7.5
14nm Technology 22 nm
3 Max. displays 3
24 Compute units 20
192 Shader 160
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
16 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 HD Graphics 615 GPU Intel HD Graphics 4200
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 m3-7Y32 can use up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 29.8 GB/s. The Intel Core i3-4030Y supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 25.6 GB/s.

Intel Core m3-7Y32 Characteristic Intel Core i3-4030Y
LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600 Memory LPDDR3-1600, DDR3-1600
16 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
29.8 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 3.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 2.0
10 PCIe lanes 12
9.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 6.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core m3-7Y32 is 4.5 W, while the Intel Core i3-4030Y has a TDP of 11.5 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Core m3-7Y32 Characteristic Intel Core i3-4030Y
4.5 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 11.5 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
7 W TDP up --
3.75 W TDP down 6 W
100 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core m3-7Y32 is manufactured in 14 nm and has 4.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i3-4030Y is manufactured in 22 nm and has a 3.00 MB cache.

Intel Core m3-7Y32 Characteristic Intel Core i3-4030Y
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
BGA 1515 Socket BGA 1168
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2017 Release date Q3/2014
281 $ Release price 281 $
show more data show more data


Rate these processors

Here you can rate the Intel Core m3-7Y32 to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 0 stars (0 ratings). Rate now:
Here you can rate the Intel Core i3-4030Y to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 0 stars (0 ratings). Rate now:


Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

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 m3-7Y32 Intel Core m3-7Y32
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
773 (100%)
Intel Core i3-4030Y Intel Core i3-4030Y
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
372 (48%)

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 m3-7Y32 Intel Core m3-7Y32
2C 4T @ 1.10 GHz
1588 (100%)
Intel Core i3-4030Y Intel Core i3-4030Y
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
914 (58%)

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 m3-7Y32 Intel Core m3-7Y32
Intel HD Graphics 615 @ 0.90 GHz
346 (100%)
Intel Core i3-4030Y Intel Core i3-4030Y
Intel HD Graphics 4200 @ 0.85 GHz
272 (79%)

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 m3-7Y32 Intel Core m3-7Y32
2C 4T @ 1.10 GHz
2706 (100%)
Intel Core i3-4030Y Intel Core i3-4030Y
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
1649 (61%)

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 m3-7Y32 Intel Core m3-7Y32
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
629 (100%)
Intel Core i3-4030Y Intel Core i3-4030Y
2C 4T @ 1.60 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 m3-7Y32 Intel Core m3-7Y32
2C 4T @ 1.10 GHz
1273 (100%)
Intel Core i3-4030Y Intel Core i3-4030Y
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)

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 m3-7Y32 Intel Core m3-7Y32
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
951 (100%)
Intel Core i3-4030Y Intel Core i3-4030Y
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)

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 m3-7Y32 Intel Core m3-7Y32
2C 4T @ 1.10 GHz
1776 (100%)
Intel Core i3-4030Y Intel Core i3-4030Y
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)

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 m3-7Y32 Intel Core m3-7Y32
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
121 (100%)
Intel Core i3-4030Y Intel Core i3-4030Y
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)

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 m3-7Y32 Intel Core m3-7Y32
2C 4T @ 1.10 GHz
266 (100%)
Intel Core i3-4030Y Intel Core i3-4030Y
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core m3-7Y32 Intel Core i3-4030Y
Apple MacBook 12 DELL Venue 11 Pro 7130

Popular comparisons containing this CPUs

1. Apple M1Intel Core m3-7Y32 Apple M1 vs Intel Core m3-7Y32
2. Intel Core i5-7Y54Intel Core m3-7Y32 Intel Core i5-7Y54 vs Intel Core m3-7Y32
3. Intel Celeron N5100Intel Core i3-4030Y Intel Celeron N5100 vs Intel Core i3-4030Y
4. Intel Core i5-8210YIntel Core m3-7Y32 Intel Core i5-8210Y vs Intel Core m3-7Y32
5. Intel Core m3-7Y32Intel Core i5-5257U Intel Core m3-7Y32 vs Intel Core i5-5257U
6. Intel Core m3-7Y32Intel Core i3-1000G4 Intel Core m3-7Y32 vs Intel Core i3-1000G4
7. Intel Celeron J6413Intel Core m3-7Y32 Intel Celeron J6413 vs Intel Core m3-7Y32
8. Intel Core i5-4278UIntel Core m3-7Y32 Intel Core i5-4278U vs Intel Core m3-7Y32
9. Intel Core m3-7Y32Intel Core i5-7Y57 Intel Core m3-7Y32 vs Intel Core i5-7Y57
10. Intel Core m3-7Y32Intel Core i5-4250U Intel Core m3-7Y32 vs Intel Core i5-4250U


back to index