Intel Core i7-4600U Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i7-4600U was released in Q3/2013 and has 2 cores. The processor can process 4 threads simultaneously and uses a mainboard with the socket BGA 1168. In the Geekbench 5 benchmark, the Intel Core i7-4600U achieved a result of 829 points (single-core) or 1,372 points (multi-core).
Intel Core i7-4600U

CPU lineage

In this classification you can see to which group of processors the Intel Core i7-4600U belongs. We also show the direct predecessor and successor of Intel Core i7-4600U.

Name: Intel Core i7-4600U
Family: Intel Core i7 (293)
CPU group: Intel Core i 4000U (26)
Architecture: Haswell U
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 4
Predecessor: --
Successor: --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-4600U has 2 cores. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-4600U is 2.10 GHz (3.30 GHz). An initial performance assessment can be made using the number of CPU cores.

CPU Cores / Threads: 2 / 4
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 2x
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 2.10 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 3.30 GHz
Turbo Frequency (2 Cores): 3.30 GHz

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i7-4600U has an integrated graphics that the system can use to efficiently play back videos. The Intel Core i7-4600U has the Intel HD Graphics 4400 installed, which has 20 streaming multiprocessors (160 shaders).

GPU name: Intel HD Graphics 4400
GPU frequency: 0.20 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.10 GHz
Compute units: 20
Shader: 160
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q2/2013
Max. displays: 3
Generation: 7.5
Direct X: 11.1
Technology: 22 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 2 GB
Frame Generation: No

Hardware codec support

Processors with integrated graphics can process video codecs faster. Support for modern codecs can significantly increase system efficiency during video playback.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit): No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): No
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: No
VP9: No
AV1: No
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i7-4600U supports a maximum of 16 GB memory. Depending on the mainboard, the processor can use a maximum of 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum bandwidth of the main memory of 25.6 GB/s.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR3L-1600
25.6 GB/s
Max. Memory: 16 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: No
PCIe: 2.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth: 6.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Intel Core i7-4600U has a TDP of 15 W. Based on the TDP, the system manufacturer can and must adapt the cooling solution to the processor.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 15 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: --

Technical details

Modern production reduces the waste heat of a processor and increases its efficiency. The Intel Core i7-4600U is made in 22 nm and has 4.00 MB cache.

Technology: 22 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: BGA 1168
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 4.00 MB
AES-NI: Yes
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date: Q3/2013
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i7-4600U have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.


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.
AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
831
Intel Core i7-3770S Intel Core i7-3770S
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
831
Intel Core i3-4170 Intel Core i3-4170
2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
830
Intel Core i7-4600U Intel Core i7-4600U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
829
Intel Core i7-5700HQ Intel Core i7-5700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
829
Intel Core i7-4650U Intel Core i7-4650U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
829
Intel Core i5-4570S Intel Core i5-4570S
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
827

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 i7-3687U Intel Core i7-3687U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
1376
AMD Athlon II X4 645 AMD Athlon II X4 645
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
1374
Intel Core i7-3537U Intel Core i7-3537U
2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
1374
Intel Core i7-4600U Intel Core i7-4600U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
1372
Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
1369
Intel Core i5-670 Intel Core i5-670
2C 4T @ 3.46 GHz
1368
Intel Core i5-3210M Intel Core i5-3210M
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
1366

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.
Apple A10X Fusion Apple A10X Fusion
6C 6T @ 2.36 GHz
954
Intel Core i5-4570R Intel Core i5-4570R
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
952
Intel Core m3-7Y32 Intel Core m3-7Y32
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
951
Intel Core i7-4600U Intel Core i7-4600U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
950
Intel Core i7-4650U Intel Core i7-4650U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
950
MediaTek Dimensity 7050 MediaTek Dimensity 7050
8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
949
Intel Core i5-6198DU Intel Core i5-6198DU
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
946

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 m3-8100Y Intel Core m3-8100Y
2C 4T @ 1.10 GHz
1740
Intel Core i5-5350U Intel Core i5-5350U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
1737
Intel Core i3-4110M Intel Core i3-4110M
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
1736
Intel Core i7-4600U Intel Core i7-4600U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
1735
Intel Pentium G4620 Intel Pentium G4620
2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
1733
Intel Core i7-2635QM Intel Core i7-2635QM
4C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
1729
Intel Core i5-5300U Intel Core i5-5300U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
1725

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.
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
282
Intel Core i5-6200U Intel Core i5-6200U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
282
Intel Core i7-6500U Intel Core i7-6500U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
282
Intel Core i7-4600U Intel Core i7-4600U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
280
Intel Core i5-5300U Intel Core i5-5300U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
280
Intel Core i5-4430 Intel Core i5-4430
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
280
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Intel Pentium Silver N6000
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
279

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.
AMD A6-3650 AMD A6-3650
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
542
Intel Core i7-4500U Intel Core i7-4500U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
534
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
527
Intel Core i7-4600U Intel Core i7-4600U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
522
Intel Core i5-4200U Intel Core i5-4200U
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
522
Intel Core m5-6Y54 Intel Core m5-6Y54
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
521
Intel Core i3-10100Y Intel Core i3-10100Y
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
517

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.
AMD A8-3500M AMD A8-3500M
AMD Radeon HD 6620G @ 0.44 GHz
355
AMD A8-3510MX AMD A8-3510MX
AMD Radeon HD 6620G @ 0.44 GHz
355
AMD A8-3520M AMD A8-3520M
AMD Radeon HD 6620G @ 0.44 GHz
355
Intel Core i7-4600U Intel Core i7-4600U
Intel HD Graphics 4400 @ 1.10 GHz
352
Intel Core i5-4440S Intel Core i5-4440S
Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.10 GHz
352
Intel Core i5-4430S Intel Core i5-4430S
Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.10 GHz
352
Intel Core i7-4510U Intel Core i7-4510U
Intel HD Graphics 4400 @ 1.10 GHz
352

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.
MediaTek Helio P95 MediaTek Helio P95
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
2714
Intel Core m3-7Y32 Intel Core m3-7Y32
2C 4T @ 1.10 GHz
2706
AMD Athlon II X4 740 AMD Athlon II X4 740
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
2705
Intel Core i7-4600U Intel Core i7-4600U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
2702
AMD A8-4500M AMD A8-4500M
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
2702
Intel Celeron G5900 Intel Celeron G5900
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz
2695
MediaTek Helio G88 MediaTek Helio G88
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
2683

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.
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T AMD Phenom II X6 1055T
6C 6T @ 3.30 GHz
1380.8
AMD FX-6300 AMD FX-6300
6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz
1407.7
Intel Core i3-7020U Intel Core i3-7020U
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
1411.2
Intel Core i7-4600U Intel Core i7-4600U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
1442.5
Intel Core i5-5300U Intel Core i5-5300U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
1716.7
AMD FX-4100 AMD FX-4100
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
1776.4
Intel Core i5-6200U Intel Core i5-6200U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
1878.1

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 Celeron J4125 Intel Celeron J4125
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
807
AMD Phenom II X6 1065T AMD Phenom II X6 1065T
6C 6T @ 2.90 GHz
806
Intel Celeron G5905 Intel Celeron G5905
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
802
Intel Core i7-4600U Intel Core i7-4600U
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
801
Intel Core i5-5300U Intel Core i5-5300U
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
801
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
798
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200
4C 4T @ 2.33 GHz
786

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
Intel Xeon E5-2630L v4 Intel Xeon E5-2630L v4
10C 20T @ 2.90 GHz
121
Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4
12C 24T @ 2.90 GHz
121
Intel Core i7-4600U Intel Core i7-4600U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
120
Intel Core i7-3630QM Intel Core i7-3630QM
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
120
Intel Core i3-7167U Intel Core i3-7167U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
120
Intel Core i7-4500U Intel Core i7-4500U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
120

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 i5-4200M Intel Core i5-4200M
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
295
Intel Core i3-6100H Intel Core i3-6100H
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
294
AMD A8-6500 AMD A8-6500
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
293
Intel Core i7-4600U Intel Core i7-4600U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
291
Intel Core i5-8200Y Intel Core i5-8200Y
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
291
Intel Core i7-4650U Intel Core i7-4650U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
291
Intel Core i5-6200U Intel Core i5-6200U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
290

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