Intel Core i7-7660U vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1397 points
2% slightly better overall score
1362 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2731 points
9% slightly better gaming score
2497 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1046 points
0.38% slightly better multitasking score
1042 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1003 points
0.30% slightly better heavy workload score
1000 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

27.65 points
40% slightly higher Blender score
19.72 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2293 points
111% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1084 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1141 points
215% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
362 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2285 points
118% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1048 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1149 points
209% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
371 points

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

2.5 GHz
2.83 GHz
13% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
533% significantly lower TDP
95 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

842nd of 1,092
853rd of 1,092

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February
2008 February

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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