Intel Core i7-5557U Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-04-04

The Intel Core i7-5557U has 2 cores with 4 threads and is based on the 5. gen of the Intel Core i7 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the BGA 1168 socket and was released in Q1/2015. The Intel Core i7-5557U scores 754 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 1,823 points.

CPU lineage
The segment in which we have classified the Intel Core i7-5557U. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the Intel Core i7-5557U.
Name:	Intel Core i7-5557U
Family:	Intel Core i7
CPU group:	Intel Core i 5000U
Architecture:	Broadwell U
Segment:	Mobile
Generation:	5
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	Intel Core i7-6567U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-5557U has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-5557U is 3.10 GHz (3.40 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:	3.10 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	3.40 GHz
Turbo Frequency (2 Cores):	3.40 GHz

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 i7-5557U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i7-5557U uses the Intel Iris Graphics 6100, which has 384 texture shaders and 48 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name:	Intel Iris Graphics 6100
GPU frequency:	0.30 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	1.10 GHz
Compute units:	48
Shader:	384
Max. GPU Memory:	16 GB

Max. displays:	3
Generation:	8
Direct X:	11.2
Technology:	14 nm
Release date:	Q1/2015

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:	Decode
VP9:	No

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

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 16 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.

DDR3-1866	25.6 GB/s
Max. Memory:	16 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	No
PCIe:	2.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth:	6.0 GB/s

Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 28 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):	28 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	--

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-5557U is made in 14 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:	14 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	BGA 1168
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	4.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Linux

Virtualization:	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date:	Q1/2015
Release price:	--
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Core i7-5557U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz (3.40 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Core i7-5557U 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.


	HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G 8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz	757
	Intel Core i5-7Y57 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	757
	Intel Core i7-4770HQ 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	755
	Intel Core i7-5557U 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	754
	Intel Core i5-8250U 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	753
	Intel Core i5-6360U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	753
	Intel Xeon E5-2658 v3 12C 24T @ 2.90 GHz	752

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 i7-860S 4C 8T @ 2.53 GHz	1828
	AMD A12-9800 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	1827
	Intel Core i7-7500U 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	1826
	Intel Core i7-5557U 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	1823
	MediaTek Dimensity 6020 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	1822
	AMD Athlon Gold 3150C 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	1822
	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	1822

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 i5-6267U 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	1052
	Intel Core i7-4870HQ 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	1050
	Intel Xeon E5-2623 v3 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	1048
	Intel Core i7-5557U 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	1047
	Intel Xeon Gold 5120 14C 28T @ 3.20 GHz	1047
	Intel Core i5-6350HQ 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	1046
	Intel Core i5-6300HQ 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	1046

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.


	MediaTek Dimensity 7030 8C 8T @ 2.50 GHz	2219
	Intel Core i5-6287U 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	2214
	Intel Core i7-6660U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	2197
	Intel Core i7-5557U 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	2187
	Intel Core i3-4330 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	2179
	Intel Core i3-6100T 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	2176
	Intel Core i7-965 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	2174

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 i9-13900 Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.65 GHz	846
	Intel Core i9-13900K Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.65 GHz	846
	Intel Core i9-13900T Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.65 GHz	846
	Intel Core i7-5557U Intel Iris Graphics 6100 @ 1.10 GHz	845
	Intel Core i9-13950HX Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (32 EU) @ 1.65 GHz	845
	Intel Core i9-13980HX Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (32 EU) @ 1.65 GHz	845
	Intel Core i9-13900HX Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (32 EU) @ 1.65 GHz	845

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.


	AMD Phenom II X3 B77 3C 3T @ 3.20 GHz	3213
	AMD Ryzen 3 3250C 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	3212
	Intel Pentium Gold G5400T 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	3211
	Intel Core i7-5557U 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	3201
	AMD A8-7200P 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	3198
	Intel Core i3-4170T 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	3190
	Intel Core i7-950 4C 8T @ 3.06 GHz	3178

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i5-4570 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	140
	Intel Core i5-4570S 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	140
	Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	140
	Intel Core i7-5557U 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	139
	AMD Athlon 3000G 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	139
	Intel Core i3-8121U 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	139
	Intel Core i5-8400T 6C 6T @ 3.30 GHz	139

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Phenom II X4 975 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	362
	Intel Core i5-7260U 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	362
	Intel Core i5-4590T 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	361
	Intel Core i7-5557U 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	360
	AMD Ryzen Embedded R1505G 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	360
	AMD Athlon 200GE 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	360
	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	359

Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,439 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,412 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,700 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,649 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
1,954 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,340 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,105 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,100 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
942 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
938 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
825 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
836 entries

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