Intel Core i7-3517U vs Intel Core i3-4130. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Intel Core i3
• Generation
  3 4
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 3000U Intel Core i 4000

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  1.90 GHz 3.40 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.00 GHz No turbo
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Turbo (2 Cores)
  2.50 GHz No turbo
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 4000 Intel HD Graphics 4400
• GPU frequency
  0.35 GHz 0.35 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.15 GHz 1.15 GHz
• Execution units
  16 20
• Shader
  128 160
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 2 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  7 7.5
• DirectX Version
  11.0 11.1
• Technology
  22 nm 22 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2011 Q2/2013

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-4130 and Intel Core i7-3517U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 DDR3-1333DDR3-1600DDR3L-1333 SO-DIMMDDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM
• Max. Memory
  32 GB
• ECC
  No Yes
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0
• PCIe lanes
  16

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-3517U and Intel Core i3-4130 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  17 W 54 W
• Tjunction max.
  -- 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-3517U and Intel Core i7-3517U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 3.00 MB
• Architecture
  Ivy Bridge U Haswell S
• Technology
  22 nm 22 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1023 LGA 1150
• Release date
  Q2/2012 Q3/2013