Intel Core i7-3537U Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2024-04-16

The Intel Core i7-3537U has 2 cores with 4 threads and is based on the 3. gen of the Intel Core i7 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the BGA 1023 socket and was released in Q1/2013. The Intel Core i7-3537U scores 644 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 1,374 points.

CPU lineage
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Name:	Intel Core i7-3537U
Family:	Intel Core i7 (298)
CPU group:	Intel Core i 3000U (12)
Architecture:	Ivy Bridge U
Segment:	Mobile
Generation:	3
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-3537U has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-3537U is 2.00 GHz (3.10 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads:	2 / 4
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	2x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	2.00 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	3.10 GHz
Turbo Frequency (2 Cores):	--

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.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i7-3537U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i7-3537U uses the Intel HD Graphics 4000, which has 128 texture shaders and 16 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name:	Intel HD Graphics 4000
GPU frequency:	0.35 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	1.20 GHz
Compute units:	16
Shader:	128
Hardware Raytracing:	No
Release date:	Q1/2011

Max. displays:	3
Generation:	7
Direct X:	11.0
Technology:	22 nm
Max. GPU Memory:	2 GB
Frame Generation:	No

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.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	No
h264:	Decode / Encode
VP8:	No
VP9:	No

AV1:	No
AVC:	Decode / Encode
VC-1:	Decode
JPEG:	Decode

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 32 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 25.6 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

DDR3L-1333 DDR3L-1600 DDR3-1333 DDR3-1600	21.3 GB/s 25.6 GB/s 21.3 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
Max. Memory:	32 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	No
PCIe:	2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth:	8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 17 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	17 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	105 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-3537U is made in 22 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 4.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology:	22 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	BGA 1023
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	4.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Linux

Virtualization:	VT-x, VT-x EPT
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release date:	Q1/2013
Release price:	346 $
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Core i7-3537U
2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz (3.10 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Core i7-3537U have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	MediaTek Dimensity 820 8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz	646
	Intel Core i5-3210M 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	645
	Samsung Exynos 880 8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	645
	Intel Core i7-3537U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	644
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	644
	Intel Core m5-6Y57 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	644
	HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G 8C 8T @ 2.36 GHz	641

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i3-3220 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	1376
	Intel Core i3-3225 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	1376
	Intel Core i7-3687U 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	1376
	Intel Core i7-3537U 2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	1374
	AMD Athlon II X4 645 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	1374
	Intel Core i7-4600U 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	1372
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz	1369

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 i3-3250T 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	541
	Intel Core i7-930 4C 8T @ 3.06 GHz	541
	Intel Core i5-3210M 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	540
	Intel Core i7-3537U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	539
	Intel Atom x6425E 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	539
	Intel Core i3-2125 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	534
	Intel Core i3-2120 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	534

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 Celeron J4105 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	1078
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz	1078
	Intel Celeron N4120 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	1076
	Intel Core i7-3537U 2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	1070
	Intel Celeron G3930T 2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz	1068
	Intel Core i3-3240T 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	1065
	Intel Core i3-3130M 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	1058

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 i7-3687U Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.20 GHz	307
	Intel Core M-5Y10a Intel HD Graphics 5300 @ 0.80 GHz	307
	Intel Core M-5Y10c Intel HD Graphics 5300 @ 0.80 GHz	307
	Intel Core i7-3537U Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.20 GHz	307
	AMD A9-9410 AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge) @ 0.80 GHz	307
	AMD A6-6420K AMD Radeon HD 8470D @ 0.80 GHz	307
	AMD A6-6400K AMD Radeon HD 8470D @ 0.80 GHz	307

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Intel Celeron G3920 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	2310
	Intel Celeron G3930 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	2310
	Intel Core i3-4000M 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	2310
	Intel Core i7-3537U 2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	2307
	Intel Core m5-6Y54 2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz	2305
	Intel Core i5-4210U 2C 4T @ 2.35 GHz	2302
	Intel Celeron N4505 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	2294

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Core i7-4500U 2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz	719
	Intel Core i3-550 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	717
	Intel Pentium G4400 2C 2T @ 3.30 GHz	717
	Intel Core i7-3537U 2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	713
	AMD A8-5600K 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	711
	Intel Core i5-3210M 2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	710
	Intel Core i5-2520M 2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	709

Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,488 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,461 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,755 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,703 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,042 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,392 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
733 entries

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