Intel Core i7-7500U vs Intel Core 2 Duo E6550

Core i7-7500U vs Core 2 Duo E6550 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-7500U beats the Core 2 Duo E6550 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 2 Duo E6550 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-7500U has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-7500U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core 2 Duo E6550. A Core i7-7500U CPU outputs less heat than a Core 2 Duo E6550 CPU because of its 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.