Intel Core Ultra 7 164U vs Intel Core i7-660UM

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Intel Core Ultra 7 164U CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i7-660UM
Intel Core Ultra 7 164U Intel Core i7-660UM

CPU comparison

Intel Core Ultra 7 164U or Intel Core i7-660UM - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Core Ultra 7 164U has 12 cores with 14 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.80 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core Ultra 7 164U was released in Q1/2024.

The Intel Core i7-660UM has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-660UM was released in Q2/2010.
Intel Core Ultra 7 (9) Family Intel Core i7 (298)
Intel Core Ultra 100U (7) CPU group Intel Core i7 600 (3)
1 Generation 1
Meteor Lake U Architecture Arrandale
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core Ultra 7 164U has 12 CPU cores and can calculate 14 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core Ultra 7 164U is 1.10 GHz (4.80 GHz) while the Intel Core i7-660UM has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-660UM is at 1.33 GHz (2.40 GHz).

Intel Core Ultra 7 164U Characteristic Intel Core i7-660UM
12 Cores 2
14 Threads 4
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.10 GHz (4.80 GHz)
2x Redwood Cove
A-Core 1.33 GHz (2.40 GHz)
0.70 GHz (3.80 GHz)
8x Crestmont
B-Core --
0.40 GHz (2.10 GHz)
2x Crestmont
C-Core --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Core Ultra 7 164U Characteristic Intel Core i7-660UM
Intel AI engine AI hardware --
Intel AI Boost @ 1.4 GHz (OpenVINO, WindowsML, DirectML, ONNX RT) AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core Ultra 7 164U or Intel Core i7-660UM has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

Intel Iris Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Meteor Lake) GPU Intel HD Graphics Ironlake (Arrandale)
0.60 GHz GPU frequency 0.17 GHz
1.80 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.50 GHz
-- GPU Generation 5
5 nm Technology 45 nm
4 Max. displays 0
64 Compute units 12
512 Shader --
Yes Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
12.2 DirectX Version 10.1

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Intel Iris Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Meteor Lake) GPU Intel HD Graphics Ironlake (Arrandale)
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode Codec VP9 No
Decode Codec VP8 No
Decode / Encode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core Ultra 7 164U can use up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 102.4 GB/s. The Intel Core i7-660UM supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 12.8 GB/s.

Intel Core Ultra 7 164U Characteristic Intel Core i7-660UM
LPDDR5-6400 Memory DDR3-800
64 GB Max. Memory 8 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
102.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 12.8 GB/s
No ECC No
12.00 MB L2 Cache 4.00 MB
-- L3 Cache --
4.0 PCIe version 2.0
12 PCIe lanes 16
23.6 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core Ultra 7 164U is 9 W, while the Intel Core i7-660UM has a TDP of 18 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Core Ultra 7 164U Characteristic Intel Core i7-660UM
9 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 18 W
30 W TDP (PL2) --
15 W TDP up --
-- TDP down --
110 °C Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core Ultra 7 164U is manufactured in 7 nm and has 12.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i7-660UM is manufactured in 32 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.

Intel Core Ultra 7 164U Characteristic Intel Core i7-660UM
7 nm Technology 32 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
BGA 2551 Socket BGA 1288
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2024 Release date Q2/2010
-- Release price --
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Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core Ultra 7 164U Intel Core Ultra 7 164U
12C 14T @ 4.80 GHz
2164 (100%)
Intel Core i7-660UM Intel Core i7-660UM
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core Ultra 7 164U Intel Core Ultra 7 164U
12C 14T @ 1.10 GHz
8665 (100%)
Intel Core i7-660UM Intel Core i7-660UM
2C 4T @ 1.33 GHz
0 (0%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core Ultra 7 164U Intel Core Ultra 7 164U
Intel Iris Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Meteor Lake) @ 1.80 GHz
1785 (100%)
Intel Core i7-660UM Intel Core i7-660UM
Intel HD Graphics Ironlake (Arrandale) @ 0.50 GHz
0 (0%)

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