Intel Core i7-7500U vs Intel Celeron J6412

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i7 2 core CPU vs Intel Celeron J Series 4 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

1350 points
1% slightly better overall score
1329 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2679 points
6% slightly better gaming score
2522 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1002 points
1005 points
0.30% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

962 points
965 points
0.31% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.7 GHz
34% slightly higher clock speed
2.00 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
10 W
49% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

12
49% significantly more pcie lanes
8

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

857th of 1,089
862nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7
Celeron J Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 August
2021 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
DDR4-3733

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-7500U vs Celeron J6412 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-7500U beats the Celeron J6412 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Celeron J6412 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Celeron J6412 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-7500U. Indeed, the Celeron J6412 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i7-7500U. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-7500U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Celeron J6412. The Celeron J6412 outputs less heat than Core i7-7500U thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-7500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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