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Intel Celeron 3205U vs Intel Core i7-7700K

Last updated: 2026-06-06

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 23 %

Intel Celeron 3205U

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-7700K

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 12 %

Intel Celeron 3205U

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-7700K

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz

287

4C / 8T · 4.50 GHz

1,463

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz

480

4C / 8T · 4.40 GHz

5,149

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz

320

4C / 8T · 4.50 GHz

1,229

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz

621

4C / 8T · 4.40 GHz

4,719

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell GT1)

154

Intel HD Graphics 630

442

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz

348

4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

2,523

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz

61 cb

4C / 8T · 4.50 GHz

200 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz

117 cb

4C / 8T · 4.40 GHz

995 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Celeron 3205U	Intel Core i7-7700K
Family	Intel Celeron (165)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Intel Celeron 3000 (10)	Intel Core i 7000 (17)
Architecture	Kaby Lake U	Kaby Lake S
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Segment	Notebook	Desktop
Socket	BGA 1168	LGA 1151
Predecessor		Intel Core i7-6700K
Successor		Intel Core i7-8700K

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Celeron 3205U	Intel Core i7-7700K
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 2	4 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	2x	4x
Frequency:	1.50 GHz	4.20 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):		4.50 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):		4.40 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	2.00 MB	8.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Celeron 3205U	Intel Core i7-7700K
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell GT1)	Intel HD Graphics 630
GPU frequency	0.10 - 0.80 GHz	0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader	12 / 96	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB	64 GB
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Release date	Q1/2015	Q2/2016

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Celeron 3205U	Intel Core i7-7700K
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Celeron 3205U	Intel Core i7-7700K
Memory	DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s) LPDDR3-1600 (12.8 GB/s)	DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s) DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory	16 GB	64 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	2.0 x 12	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	6.0 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Celeron 3205U	Intel Core i7-7700K
TDP	15 W	91 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down	10 W
T. junction max.	105 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Celeron 3205U	Intel Core i7-7700K
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q1/2015	Q1/2017
Release price		350 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

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Intel Celeron 3205U
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-7700K
4C / 8T · 4.20 - 4.50 GHz

★★★★★