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Intel Core i5-3550 vs Intel Core i7-7600U

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 - 71 %

Intel Core i5-3550

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-7600U

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-3550

Rank 2 - 84 %

Intel Core i7-7600U

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

724

2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

1,253

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

2,237

2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

2,354

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

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

783

2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

928

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

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

2,741

2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

1,920

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 2500

110

Intel HD Graphics 620

442

More benchmarks

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

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 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 Core i5-3550	Intel Core i7-7600U
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Intel Core i 3000 (31)	Intel Core i 7000U (18)
Architecture	Ivy Bridge S	Kaby Lake U
Technology	22 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Notebook
Socket	LGA 1155	BGA 1356
Predecessor		Intel Core i7-6600U
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3550	Intel Core i7-7600U
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 4	2 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	2x
Frequency:	3.30 GHz	2.80 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	3.70 GHz	3.90 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):		3.90 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	6.00 MB	4.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3550	Intel Core i7-7600U
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 2500	Intel HD Graphics 620
GPU frequency	0.65 - 1.15 GHz	0.30 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader	6 / 48	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB	32 GB
Technology	22 nm	14 nm
Release date	Q2/2012	Q2/2016

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3550	Intel Core i7-7600U
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3550	Intel Core i7-7600U
Memory	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s) DDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	32 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16	3.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3550	Intel Core i7-7600U
TDP	77 W	15 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3550	Intel Core i7-7600U
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, AVX	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q2/2012	Q4/2016
Release price	213 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i5-3550 is 4.0 stars (3 ratings), while Intel Core i7-7600U has received 3.6 stars (14 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i5-3550
4C / 4T · 3.30 - 3.70 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-7600U
2C / 4T · 2.80 - 3.90 GHz

★★★★★