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Intel Core i7-3520M vs Intel Core i5-7Y57

Last updated: 2026-07-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 86 %

Intel Core i7-3520M

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-7Y57

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 96 %

Intel Core i7-3520M

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-7Y57

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

685

2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

921

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

1,446

2C / 4T · 1.20 GHz

1,682

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

2C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

740

2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

757

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

2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

1,613

2C / 4T · 1.20 GHz

1,634

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 4000

320

Intel HD Graphics 615

365

More benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 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

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

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-3520M	Intel Core i5-7Y57
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Core M (16)
CPU group	Intel Core i 3000M (29)	Intel Core i 7Y (3)
Architecture	Ivy Bridge H	Kaby Lake Y
Technology	22 nm	14 nm
Segment	Notebook	Notebook
Socket	BGA 1023	BGA 1515
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-3520M	Intel Core i5-7Y57
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 4	2 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	2x	2x
Frequency:	2.90 GHz	1.20 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	3.60 GHz	3.30 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.40 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	4.00 MB	4.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-3520M	Intel Core i5-7Y57
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 4000	Intel HD Graphics 615
GPU frequency	0.65 - 1.25 GHz	0.30 - 0.95 GHz
CUs / Shader	16 / 128	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB	16 GB
Technology	22 nm	14nm
Release date	Q1/2011	Q2/2016

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-3520M	Intel Core i5-7Y57
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-3520M	Intel Core i5-7Y57
Memory	DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s) DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s) DDR3L-1333 (21.3 GB/s) DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)	LPDDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s) DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	16 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16	3.0 x 10
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	9.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-3520M	Intel Core i5-7Y57
TDP	35 W	4.5 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up		7 W
TDP down		3.5 W
T. junction max.		100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-3520M	Intel Core i5-7Y57
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	Q1/2017
Release price	346 $	281 $
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 i7-3520M is 4.0 stars (8 ratings), while Intel Core i5-7Y57 has received 4.3 stars (8 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i7-3520M
2C / 4T · 2.90 - 3.60 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-7Y57
2C / 4T · 1.20 - 3.30 GHz

★★★★★