Intel Core i5-7500 vs Intel Core i7-6700

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel 6th Generation Core i7 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-6700

Price

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$ 73.80

$ 48.59 significantly less expensive

$ 122.39

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2458 points

3117 points

26% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4565 points

4991 points

9% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1872 points

2559 points

36% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1797 points

2457 points

36% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2294 points

2828 points

23% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

47.70 points

69.31 points

45% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3409 points

4052 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1243 points

1252 points

0.72% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3533 points

4207 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1283 points

1320 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz

Identical

3.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

4 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 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

64 GiB

Identical

64 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB

Identical

256 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB

Identical

1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

6 MiB

8 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

637th of 1,089

523rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i5

6th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February

2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR4-1866

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-7500 vs Core i7-6700 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-6700 is faster than the Core i5-7500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7500 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-6700 has more threads. In terms of clock speed, the Core i5-7500 and Core i7-6700 are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Core i7-6700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. 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. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Core i7-6700 also has slightly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Core i5-7500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.