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Intel Core i7-7600U vs MediaTek MT8173

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-7600U
Rank 2 - 32 %
MediaTek MT8173
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-7600U
Rank 2 - 27 %
MediaTek MT8173
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i7-7600U
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
1,253
MediaTek MT8173
4C / 4T · 1.80 GHz
348
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i7-7600U
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
2,354
MediaTek MT8173
4C / 4T · 1.80 GHz
610
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i7-7600U
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
928
MediaTek MT8173
4C / 4T · 1.80 GHz
331
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i7-7600U
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
1,920
MediaTek MT8173
4C / 4T · 1.80 GHz
768
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i7-7600U
Intel HD Graphics 620
442
MediaTek MT8173
PowerVR GX6250
90

More benchmarks

At a glance

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FamilyIntel Core i7 (300)Mediatek MT-Serie (72)
CPU groupIntel Core i 7000U (18)MediaTek MT81xx MT86xx A72 / A53 (3)
ArchitectureKaby Lake UCortex-A72 / Cortex-A53
Technology14 nm28 nm
SegmentNotebookSmartphone / Tablet
SocketBGA 1356
PredecessorIntel Core i7-6600U
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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CPU Cores / Threads2 / 44 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalhybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x
2.80 - 3.90 GHz
2x Cortex-A72
1.80 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 2x Cortex-A53
1.40 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 620PowerVR GX6250
GPU frequency0.30 - 1.15 GHz0.70 - 0.70 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 1922 / 32
Raytracing
Max. displays31
Max. GPU Memory32 GB
Technology14 nm28 nm
Release dateQ2/2016Q1/2014

NPU AI performance

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AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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MemoryDDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
DDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
LPDDR3-933 (14.9 GB/s)
Max. Memory32 GB2 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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TDP15 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Intel Core i7-7600UMediaTek MT8173
Chip designMonolithicChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxAndroid
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ4/2016Q1/2015
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i7-7600U
Intel Core i7-7600U
2C / 4T · 2.80 - 3.90 GHz
MediaTek MT8173
MediaTek MT8173
4C / 4T · 1.80 GHz

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