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    Intel Core i3-3217U vs Intel Core i7-4500U

    Intel Core i3-3217U
    Intel BGA1023MOBILE
    1800 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jun 2012
    Intel Core i3-3217U
    Intel Core i7-4500U
    Intel BGA1168MOBILE
    1800 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jun 2013
    Intel Core i7-4500U

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      100%
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      207%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      100%
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      166%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      100%
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      227%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-3217U

    None

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-4500U

    Much higher single threaded performance (around 66% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 127% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
    Around 107% higher average synthetic performance.
    Intel Core i7-4500U

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-4500U

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    Intel Core i7-4500U

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-4500U

    Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.

    Specifications

    Features

    Intel Core i3-3217UIntel Core i7-4500U
    MMX
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSSE3
    SSE4.2
    AVX
    EIST
    Intel 64
    Hyper-Threading
    XD bit
    VT-x
    TXT
    AES-NI

    Architecture

    Intel Core i3-3217UIntel Core i7-4500U
    ArchitectureIntel_IvyBridgevsIntel_Haswell
    MarketMobilevsMobile
    Memory SupportunknownvsDDR3
    CodenameIvy BridgevsHaswell
    Release DateJun 2012vsJun 2013

    Cores

    Intel Core i3-3217UIntel Core i7-4500U
    Cores2vs2
    Threads4vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 4000vsIntel HD 4400

    Cache

    Intel Core i3-3217UIntel Core i7-4500U
    L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache3072 KB (shared)vs4096 KB (shared)

    Physical

    Intel Core i3-3217UIntel Core i7-4500U
    SocketIntel BGA1023vsIntel BGA1168
    Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
    PackageFC-BGA12FvsFC-BGA1168
    Die Size118mm²vs118mm²
    Process22 nmvs22 nm

    Performance

    Intel Core i3-3217UIntel Core i7-4500U
    Cpu Frequency1800 MHzvs1800 MHz
    Turbo Clocknonevs3000 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltageunknownvsunknown
    TDP17 Wvs15 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      1854 points
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      3360 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      4449 points
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      4838 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    3DMark06 CPU

    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      2229
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      3494

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      2476.5
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      4343

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      5393.5
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      8700

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      0.75
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      1.31

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      1.78
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      2.75

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      63.5
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      116

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      152
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      260

    points - higher is better

    SuperPI 1M

    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      21.14
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      12.67

    seconds - lower is better

    wPrime 32

    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      30.76
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      19.61

    seconds - lower is better

    WinRAR 4.0

    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      1866.5
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      2473.5

    MB/s - higher is better

    x264 Pass 1

    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      56.2
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      90.6

    FPS - higher is better

    x264 Pass 2

    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      10.25
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      16.39

    FPS - higher is better

    TrueCrypt AES

    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      0.18
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      1.6

    GB/s

    TrueCrypt Twofish

    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      0.16
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      0.26

    GB/s

    TrueCrypt Serpent

    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      0.09
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      0.14

    GB/s

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