Intel Core i7-7660U vs Intel Core i7-2760QM

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i7 2 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 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

1440 points
2123 points
47% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2728 points
3444 points
26% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1086 points
1738 points
60% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1037 points
1671 points
61% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

27.65 points
33.27 points
20% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2293 points
61% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1422 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1141 points
138% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
479 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2285 points
42% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1606 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1149 points
117% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
528 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
4% slightly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
14% slightly higher turbo speed
3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
200% significantly lower TDP
45 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

12
16
33% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

825th of 1,089
701st of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February
2011 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-7660U vs Core i7-2760QM specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-2760QM is faster than the Core i7-7660U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7660U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-2760QM has significantly more cores than the Core i7-7660U. Indeed, the Core i7-2760QM has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i7-7660U. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7660U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-7660U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-2760QM. Also, the Core i7-7660U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-7660U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-2760QM CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-7660U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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