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Intel Core i7-7700 vs Intel Core2 Duo E6550

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-7700
Rank 2 - 32 %
Intel Core2 Duo E6550
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-7700
Rank 2 - 14 %
Intel Core2 Duo E6550
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i7-7700
4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz
1,066
Intel Core2 Duo E6550
2C / 2T · 2.33 GHz
342
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i7-7700
4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz
4,081
Intel Core2 Duo E6550
2C / 2T · 2.33 GHz
625
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i7-7700
4C / 8T · 3.60 GHz
2,266
Intel Core2 Duo E6550
2C / 2T · 2.33 GHz
379

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At a glance

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Intel Core i7-7700Intel Core2 Duo E6550
FamilyIntel Core i7 (300)Intel Core2 Duo (29)
CPU groupIntel Core i 7000 (17)Intel Core 2 Duo E4000/E6000 (15)
ArchitectureKaby Lake SConroe (Core)
Technology14 nm65 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1151LGA 775
PredecessorIntel Core i7-6700
SuccessorIntel Core i7-8700

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i7-7700Intel Core2 Duo E6550
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 82 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 2x
Frequency: 3.60 GHz 2.33 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.20 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 4.00 GHz
L2-Cache4.00 MB
L3-Cache8.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i7-7700Intel Core2 Duo E6550
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 630no iGPU
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.15 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 i7-7700Intel Core2 Duo E6550
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i7-7700Intel Core2 Duo E6550
MemoryDDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR2-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory64 GB16 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i7-7700Intel Core2 Duo E6550
TDP65 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Intel Core i7-7700Intel Core2 Duo E6550
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3
Release dateQ1/2017Q3/2007
Release price310 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i7-7700
Intel Core i7-7700
4C / 8T · 3.60 - 4.20 GHz
Intel Core2 Duo E6550
Intel Core2 Duo E6550
2C / 2T · 2.33 GHz

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