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Intel Core i5-7500 vs Intel Core i7-950

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-7500
Rank 2 - 53 %
Intel Core i7-950
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-7500
Rank 2 - 68 %
Intel Core i7-950
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-7500
4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz
1,260
Intel Core i7-950
4C / 8T · 3.33 GHz
590
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-7500
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
3,685
Intel Core i7-950
4C / 8T · 3.06 GHz
1,965
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i5-7500
4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz
961
Intel Core i7-950
4C / 8T · 3.33 GHz
569
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i5-7500
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
3,091
Intel Core i7-950
4C / 8T · 3.06 GHz
2,313
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i5-7500
4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz
1,580
Intel Core i7-950
4C / 8T · 3.06 GHz
1,442

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i5-7500Intel Core i7-950
FamilyIntel Core i5 (336)Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU groupIntel Core i 7000 (17)Intel Core i7 900 (7)
ArchitectureKaby Lake SBloomfield
Technology14 nm45 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1151LGA 1366
PredecessorIntel Core i5-6500
SuccessorIntel Core i5-8500

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i5-7500Intel Core i7-950
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 44 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 4x
Frequency: 3.40 GHz 3.06 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.80 GHz 3.33 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 3.60 GHz
L2-Cache1.00 MB
L3-Cache6.00 MB8.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i5-7500Intel Core i7-950
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 630no iGPU
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 192 /
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory64 GB
Technology14 nm
Release dateQ2/2016

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i5-7500Intel Core i7-950
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i5-7500Intel Core i7-950
MemoryDDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory64 GB24 GB
Memory channels23
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i5-7500Intel Core i7-950
TDP65 W130 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Intel Core i5-7500Intel Core i7-950
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 dateQ1/2017Q2/2009
Release price220 $305 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i5-7500
Intel Core i5-7500
4C / 4T · 3.40 - 3.80 GHz
Intel Core i7-950
Intel Core i7-950
4C / 8T · 3.06 - 3.33 GHz

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Intel Core i5-7500
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