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Core i3-9100 vs i7-4600U


Description
The i3-9100 is based on Coffee Lake architecture while the i7-4600U is based on Haswell.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i3-9100 gets a score of 229.2 k points while the i7-4600U gets 64.5 k points.

Summarizing, the i3-9100 is 3.6 times faster than the i7-4600U . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906eb
40651
Core
Coffee Lake-S
Haswell
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
2.1 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.2 GHz
3.3 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
BGA1168
Cores/Threads
4/4
2/4
TDP
65 W
15 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
32+32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
256 kB
Cache L3
6144 kB
4096 kB
Date
April 2019
September 2013
Mean monothread perf.
66.74k points
28.98k points
Mean multithread perf.
229.2k points
64.55k points

AVX2 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode III (AVX2), like AVX1, is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the second version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX2 compatible CPU was released in 2013.
Monothread
i3-9100
i7-4600U
Test#1 (Integers)
28.03k
14.37k (x0.51)
Test#2 (FP)
24.5k
8.31k (x0.34)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.73k
3.35k (x0.58)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.48k
2.96k (x0.35)
TOTAL
66.74k
28.98k (x0.43)

Multithread

i3-9100

i7-4600U
Test#1 (Integers)
107.5k
31.32k (x0.29)
Test#2 (FP)
95.11k
20.17k (x0.21)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
22.02k
8.02k (x0.36)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.57k
5.03k (x1.1)
TOTAL
229.2k
64.55k (x0.28)

Performance/W
i3-9100
i7-4600U
Test#1 (Integers)
1654 points/W
2088 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
1463 points/W
1345 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
339 points/W
535 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
70 points/W
336 points/W
TOTAL
3526 points/W
4303 points/W

Performance/GHz
i3-9100
i7-4600U
Test#1 (Integers)
6675 points/GHz
4353 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
5833 points/GHz
2517 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1365 points/GHz
1015 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
2018 points/GHz
896 points/GHz
TOTAL
15891 points/GHz
8781 points/GHz

Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.

Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.

If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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