Intel Core i7-7600U vs Intel Core i7-5600U

Core i7-7600U vs Core i7-5600U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-7600U beats the Core i7-5600U in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-5600U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-7600U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-5600U. 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.