Intel Core i7-7600U vs Intel Core i7-5500U

Core i7-7600U vs Core i7-5500U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-5500U is faster than the Core i7-7600U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7600U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-7600U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-5500U. Also, the Core i7-7600U 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.

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 i7-7600U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.