Intel Core i7 4600U vs 3520M

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Intel Core i7 4600U

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Intel Core i7 4600U

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CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the 4600U vs the 3520M.

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Intel Core i7 3520M

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CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the 3520M vs the 4600U.

CompuBench 1.5 (Bitcoin mining) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i7 4600U

6.36 mHash/s

Core i7 3520M

6.34 mHash/s

CompuBench 1.5 (T-Rex) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i7 4600U

0.88 fps

Core i7 3520M

0.94 fps

PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i7 4600U

2,368

Core i7 3520M

2,539

Sky Diver Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i7 4600U

2,387

Core i7 3520M

2,030

Cloud Gate Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i7 4600U

4,351

Core i7 3520M

4,821

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 4600U

5,506

Core i7 3520M

6,089

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 4600U

2,854

Core i7 3520M

2,959

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 4600U

3,600,000 MB/s

Core i7 3520M

2,440,000 MB/s

summary	Core i7 4600U	3520M
Clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.9 GHz
Turbo clock speed	3.3 GHz	3.6 GHz
Cores	Dual core	Dual core
Socket type
BGA 1168
rPGA 988B
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	35W
Annual home energy cost	3.61 $/year	8.43 $/year
Performance per watt	44.17 pt/W	14.13 pt/W
Typical power consumption	12.19W	28.44W
bus
Architecture	DMI 2.0	DMI
Number of links	1	1
Transfer rate	5,000 MT/s	5,000 MT/s

details	Core i7 4600U	3520M
Architecture	x86-64	x86-64
Threads	4	4
L2 cache	0.5 MB	1 MB
L2 cache per core	0.25 MB/core	0.5 MB/core
L3 cache	4 MB	4 MB
L3 cache per core	2 MB/core	2 MB/core
Manufacture process	22 nm	22 nm
Max CPUs	1	1
Clock multiplier	21	29
Operating temperature	Unknown - 100°C	Unknown - 105°C
overclocking
Overclocked clock speed	3.25 GHz	3.31 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	2.1 GHz	2.9 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	3.25 GHz	3.31 GHz
integrated graphics
GPU	GPU	GPU
Label	HD 4400	Intel® HD Graphics 4000
Number of displays supported	3	3
GPU clock speed	200 MHz	650 MHz
Turbo clock speed	1,100 MHz	1,250 MHz
memory controller
Memory controller	Built-in	Built-in
Memory type
DDR3-1600
DDR3L-1600
DDR3-1333
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	32,768 MB

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rully (11:25 PM, March 13, 2015)

4600u use balls, 3520m use pins. pins is simple to change processor. when temperature high, the balls have more problems

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