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Intel Core i3-7300 vs Intel Core i3-550

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-7300
Rank 2 - 44 %
Intel Core i3-550
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-7300
Rank 2 - 42 %
Intel Core i3-550
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-7300
2C / 4T · 4.00 GHz
1,242
Intel Core i3-550
2C / 4T · 3.20 GHz
505
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-7300
2C / 4T · 4.00 GHz
2,493
Intel Core i3-550
2C / 4T · 3.20 GHz
992
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i3-7300
2C / 4T · 4.00 GHz
1,030
Intel Core i3-550
2C / 4T · 3.20 GHz
489
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i3-7300
2C / 4T · 4.00 GHz
2,325
Intel Core i3-550
2C / 4T · 3.20 GHz
1,170
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i3-7300
Intel HD Graphics 630
442
Intel Core i3-550
Intel HD Graphics (Westmere)
35

More benchmarks

At a glance

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Intel Core i3-7300Intel Core i3-550
FamilyIntel Core i3 (205)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupIntel Core i 7000 (17)Intel Core i3 500 (4)
ArchitectureKaby Lake SClarkdale
Technology14 nm32 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1151LGA 1156
PredecessorIntel Core i3-6300
SuccessorIntel Core i3-8300

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i3-7300Intel Core i3-550
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 42 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 2x
Frequency: 4.00 GHz 3.20 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache0.50 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 630Intel HD Graphics (Westmere)
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.15 GHz0.50 - 0.73 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 19212 / 24
Raytracing
Max. displays32
Max. GPU Memory64 GB2 GB
Technology14 nm32 nm
Release dateQ2/2016Q1/2010

NPU AI performance

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AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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MemoryDDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory64 GB16 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoYes
PCIe3.0 x 162.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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TDP51 W73 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i3-7300Intel Core i3-550
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release dateQ1/2017Q2/2010
Release price117 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i3-7300
Intel Core i3-7300
2C / 4T · 4.00 GHz
Intel Core i3-550
Intel Core i3-550
2C / 4T · 3.20 GHz

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