Intel Core i7 4600U vs i5 4300U

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Intel Core i7 4600U

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CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the Core i7 4600U vs the Core i5 4300U.

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Intel Core i5 4300U

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CompuBench 1.5 (Bitcoin mining) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i7 4600U

6.36 mHash/s

Core i5 4300U

13.98 mHash/s

CompuBench 1.5 (T-Rex) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i7 4600U

0.88 fps

Core i5 4300U

1.11 fps

PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i7 4600U

2,368

Core i5 4300U

2,336

Sky Diver Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i7 4600U

2,387

Core i5 4300U

2,283

Cloud Gate Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i7 4600U

4,351

Core i5 4300U

4,259

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 4600U

5,506

Core i5 4300U

5,253

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 4600U

2,854

Core i5 4300U

2,703

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 4600U

3,600,000 MB/s

Core i5 4300U

3,440,000 MB/s

summary	Core i7 4600U	i5 4300U
Clock speed	2.1 GHz	1.9 GHz
Turbo clock speed	3.3 GHz	2.9 GHz
Cores	Dual core	Dual core
Socket type
BGA 1168
Is unlocked	No	No
features
Has a NX bit	Yes	Yes
Supports trusted computing	Yes	Yes
Has virtualization support	Yes	Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE2
MMX
SSE4
AVX
SSE3
EM64T
SSE
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
Supplemental SSE3
AES
AVX 2.0
Supports dynamic frequency scaling	Yes	Yes
power consumption
TDP	15W	15W
Annual home energy cost	3.61 $/year	3.61 $/year
Performance per watt	44.17 pt/W	42.92 pt/W
Typical power consumption	12.19W	12.19W
bus
Architecture	DMI 2.0	DMI 2.0
Number of links	1	1
Transfer rate	5,000 MT/s	5,000 MT/s

details	Core i7 4600U	i5 4300U
Architecture	x86-64	x86-64
Threads	4	4
L2 cache	0.5 MB	0.5 MB
L2 cache per core	0.25 MB/core	0.25 MB/core
L3 cache	4 MB	3 MB
L3 cache per core	2 MB/core	1.5 MB/core
Manufacture process	22 nm	22 nm
Max CPUs	1	1
Clock multiplier	21	19
overclocking
Overclocked clock speed	3.25 GHz	2.71 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	2.1 GHz	1.9 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	3.25 GHz	2.71 GHz
integrated graphics
GPU	GPU	GPU
Label	HD 4400	HD 4400
Number of displays supported	3	3
GPU clock speed	200 MHz	200 MHz
Turbo clock speed	1,100 MHz	1,100 MHz
memory controller
Memory controller	Built-in	Built-in
Memory type
DDR3L-1600
DDR3L-1333
LPDDR3-1333
LPDDR3-1600
Channels	Dual Channel	Dual Channel
Supports ECC	No	No
Maximum bandwidth	25,600 MB/s	25,600 MB/s
Maximum memory size	16,384 MB	16,384 MB

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