Intel Core i7-7700K vs Intel Core Ultra 7 155U

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel 12 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

3620 points
4819 points
33% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5762 points
7087 points
22% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2983 points
4161 points
39% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2864 points
4014 points
40% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.21 points
94.95 points
11% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
12
200% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
14
75% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.2 GHz
100% significantly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
4.8 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
20
25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
96 GiB
49% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
10 MiB
900% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
12 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

471st of 1,089
364th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7
Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February
2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
DDR5-7467

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-7700K vs Core Ultra 7 155U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 7 155U beats the Core i7-7700K in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-7700K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 7 155U has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i7-7700K has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7700K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-7700K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 155U. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 155U has more L2 cache than the Core i7-7700K. The Core Ultra 7 155U also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i7-7700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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