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Intel Core i7-6600U vs Intel Core i7-4770

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 - 94 %

Intel Core i7-6600U

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-4770

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 48 %

Intel Core i7-6600U

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-4770

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

1,092

4C / 8T · 3.90 GHz

1,102

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.00 GHz

1,937

4C / 8T · 3.60 GHz

3,740

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

2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

820

4C / 8T · 3.90 GHz

914

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

2C / 4T · 3.00 GHz

1,513

4C / 8T · 3.60 GHz

3,367

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 520

403

Intel HD Graphics 4600

384

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

2C / 4T · 2.60 GHz

898

4C / 8T · 3.40 GHz

2,003

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

144 cb

4C / 8T · 3.90 GHz

141 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.00 GHz

323 cb

4C / 8T · 3.60 GHz

690 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

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

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 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 i7-6600U	Intel Core i7-4770
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Intel Core i 6000U (20)	Intel Core i 4000 (64)
Architecture	Skylake U	Haswell S
Technology	14 nm	22 nm
Segment	Notebook	Desktop
Socket	BGA 1356	LGA 1150
Predecessor	Intel Core i7-5600U	Intel Core i7-3770
Successor	Intel Core i7-7600U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6600U	Intel Core i7-4770
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 4	4 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	2x	4x
Frequency:	2.60 GHz	3.40 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	3.40 GHz	3.90 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.00 GHz	3.60 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	4.00 MB	8.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6600U	Intel Core i7-4770
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 520	Intel HD Graphics 4600
GPU frequency	0.30 - 1.05 GHz	0.35 - 1.20 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	20 / 160
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	32 GB	2 GB
Technology	14 nm	22 nm
Release date	Q3/2015	Q2/2013

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6600U	Intel Core i7-4770
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6600U	Intel Core i7-4770
Memory	DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s) LPDDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s) DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s) DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s) DDR3L-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	32 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 12	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	11.8 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6600U	Intel Core i7-4770
TDP	15 W	84 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up	25 W
TDP down	7.5 W
T. junction max.	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6600U	Intel Core i7-4770
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, AVX2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q3/2015	Q2/2013
Release price	393 $	280 $
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 i7-6600U is 3.9 stars (25 ratings), while Intel Core i7-4770 has received 3.9 stars (87 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i7-6600U
2C / 4T · 2.60 - 3.40 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-4770
4C / 8T · 3.40 - 3.90 GHz

★★★★★