Intel Core i7-7500U vs Intel Core i7-6498DU

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i7 2 core CPU vs Intel 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

1350 points
1361 points
0.81% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2679 points
2723 points
1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1002 points
1012 points
1.00% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

962 points
975 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

23.43 points
32.79 points
39% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.7 GHz
3% slightly higher clock speed
2.60 GHz

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

857th of 1,089
851st of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 August
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-7500U vs Core i7-6498DU specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-6498DU beats the Core i7-7500U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7500U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and 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 Core i7-6498DU.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-7500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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