Intel Core i3-5005U vs Intel Core i7-5500U

Compare Intel 5th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs Intel 5th Generation Core i7 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

855 points

1159 points

35% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1662 points

2287 points

37% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

641 points

860 points

34% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

615 points

824 points

33% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

12.92 points

17.15 points

32% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1222 points

1720 points

40% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

609 points

872 points

43% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1243 points

1695 points

36% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

620 points

881 points

42% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz

2.4 GHz

20% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

Identical

15 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

16 GiB

Identical

16 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

128 KiB

Identical

128 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

0.25 MiB

0.5 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

3 MiB

4 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,022nd of 1,124

941st of 1,124

Family

The product line

5th Generation Core i3

5th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Core i3-5005U vs Core i7-5500U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-5500U beats the Core i3-5005U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-5005U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-5500U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-5005U. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i7-5500U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i3-5005U. The Core i7-5500U also has slightly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-5005U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.