Intel Core i3 4170 's Advantages
Lower TDP (54W vs 125W)
Intel Core i7 10700K 's Advantages
Released 5 years and 2 months late
Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2933 vs DDR3-1600)
Larger memory bandwidth (45.8GB/s vs 25.6GB/s)
Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 3.7GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 3MB)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 22nm)