Intel Core2 Duo L7500 vs Intel Core i7-3615QM

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Intel Core2 Duo L7500 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i7-3615QM
Intel Core2 Duo L7500 Intel Core i7-3615QM

CPU comparison

Intel Core2 Duo L7500 or Intel Core i7-3615QM - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Core2 Duo L7500 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.60 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 0 memory channels. The Intel Core2 Duo L7500 was released in Q3/2006.

The Intel Core i7-3615QM has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.30 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-3615QM was released in Q2/2012.
Intel Celeron (165) Family Intel Core i7 (298)
Intel Core 2 Duo L7000/SL7000/T5000/U7000 (18) CPU group Intel Core i 3000M (29)
1 Generation 3
Merom (Core) Architecture Ivy Bridge H
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core2 Duo L7500 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core2 Duo L7500 is 1.60 GHz while the Intel Core i7-3615QM has 4 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-3615QM is at 2.30 GHz (3.30 GHz).

Intel Core2 Duo L7500 Characteristic Intel Core i7-3615QM
2 Cores 4
2 Threads 8
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.60 GHz Frequency 2.30 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.30 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Core2 Duo L7500 Characteristic Intel Core i7-3615QM
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core2 Duo L7500 or Intel Core i7-3615QM has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

no iGPU GPU Intel HD Graphics 4000
GPU frequency 0.65 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.20 GHz
-- GPU Generation 7
Technology 22 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 16
-- Shader 128
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
-- DirectX Version 11.0

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

no iGPU GPU Intel HD Graphics 4000
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core2 Duo L7500 can use up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The Intel Core i7-3615QM supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 25.6 GB/s.

Intel Core2 Duo L7500 Characteristic Intel Core i7-3615QM
Memory DDR3L-1333, DDR3L-1600, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600
Max. Memory 32 GB
0 Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
No ECC No
4.00 MB L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 6.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 16
-- PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core2 Duo L7500 is 17 W, while the Intel Core i7-3615QM has a TDP of 45 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Core2 Duo L7500 Characteristic Intel Core i7-3615QM
17 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 45 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core2 Duo L7500 is manufactured in 65 nm and has 4.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i7-3615QM is manufactured in 22 nm and has a 6.00 MB cache.

Intel Core2 Duo L7500 Characteristic Intel Core i7-3615QM
65 nm Technology 22 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
BGA 479 Socket BGA 1224
VT-x Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT
No AES-NI Yes
Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2006 Release date Q2/2012
-- Release price 363 $
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Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core2 Duo L7500 Intel Core2 Duo L7500
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-3615QM Intel Core i7-3615QM
4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz
612 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core2 Duo L7500 Intel Core2 Duo L7500
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-3615QM Intel Core i7-3615QM
4C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
3163 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core2 Duo L7500 Intel Core2 Duo L7500
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-3615QM Intel Core i7-3615QM
4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz
715 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core2 Duo L7500 Intel Core2 Duo L7500
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-3615QM Intel Core i7-3615QM
4C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
2798 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core2 Duo L7500 Intel Core2 Duo L7500
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-3615QM Intel Core i7-3615QM
4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz
637 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core2 Duo L7500 Intel Core2 Duo L7500
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-3615QM Intel Core i7-3615QM
4C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
2239 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core2 Duo L7500 Intel Core2 Duo L7500
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-3615QM Intel Core i7-3615QM
Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.20 GHz
307 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Core2 Duo L7500 Intel Core2 Duo L7500
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-3615QM Intel Core i7-3615QM
4C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
5170 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core2 Duo L7500 Intel Core i7-3615QM
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