Intel Core i7-4600M vs Intel Core i7-870

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket G3 Intel Socket 1156
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 22 nm 45 nm
Transistors 1,300 million 774 million
Die size 118 mm² 296 mm²
Package FC-PGA946 FC-LGA8
tCaseMax 100°C

Performance

Frequency 2.9 GHz 2.933 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.6 GHz up to 3.6 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 133 MHz
Multiplier 29.0x 22.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
TDP 37 W 95 W
Voltage 1.4 V

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Mobile Desktop
Production status Active End-of-life
Release date Sep 1st, 2013 Sep 8th, 2009
Codename Haswell Lynnfield
Generation Core i7 Core i7
Part SR1H7 SLBJG
Memory support DDR3 DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Cores

Total Cores 2 4
Total Threads 4 8
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics Intel HD 4600

Cache

Cache L1 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 256K (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 4MB (shared) 8MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

AES-NI Yes
AVX Yes
AVX2 Yes
CLMUL Yes
EIST Yes Yes
FMA3 Yes
HTT Yes Yes
Intel 64 Yes Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SMT Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.2 Yes Yes
SSSE3 Yes
TSX Yes
TXT Yes Yes
VT-x Yes Yes
XD bit Yes
XD-Bit Yes

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