Intel Core i7-7500U Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i7-7500U is a 2 core processor. It can handle 4 threads simultaneously and was introduced in Q4/2016. The Intel Core i7-7500U is based on the 7. generation of the Intel Core i7 series and requires a mainboard with the socket BGA 1356. The Intel Core i7-7500U scores 842 points with one CPU core in the Geekbench 5 benchmark. When using all CPU cores, the result is 1,826 points.
Intel Core i7-7500U

At a glance

Name: Intel Core i7-7500U
Family: Intel Core i7 (299)
CPU group: Intel Core i 7000U (18)
Architecture: Kaby Lake U
Technology: 14 nm
Segment: Notebook
Generation: 7
Predecessor: Intel Core i7-6500U
Successor: --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The 2 CPU cores of the Intel Core i7-7500U clock with 2.70 GHz (3.50 GHz). The number of CPU cores and the clock frequency of the processor are largely responsible for the overall performance.

CPU Cores / Threads: 2 / 4
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 2x
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 2.70 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 3.50 GHz
Turbo Frequency (2 Cores): 3.50 GHz

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

With the Intel HD Graphics 620, the Intel Core i7-7500U has an build in graphic solution. It has 24 SM processors, which have a total of 192 texture shaders. The iGPU not only enables games, but also significantly accelerates video playback.

GPU name: Intel HD Graphics 620
GPU frequency: 0.30 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.05 GHz
Compute units: 24
Shader: 192
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q2/2016
Max. displays: 3
Generation: 9.5
Direct X: 12
Technology: 14 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 32 GB
Frame Generation: No

Hardware codec support

Processors that have an integrated graphics can play videos faster and more efficiently. This can have a positive effect on the battery life of notebooks, for example.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit): Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode / Encode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode / Encode
VP9: Decode / Encode
AV1: No
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i7-7500U supports up to 32 GB memory in up to 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum memory bandwidth of 34.1 GB/s.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR4-2133
DDR3-1866
34.1 GB/s
29.9 GB/s
Max. Memory: 32 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: No
PCIe: 3.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth: 11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

With the TDP, the processor manufacturer specifies the cooling solution required for the processor. The Intel Core i7-7500U has a TDP of 15 W.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 15 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: --

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-7500U has a 4.00 MB large cache. The processor is manufactured in 14 nm. Modern production increases the efficiency of the processor.

Technology: 14 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: BGA 1356
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: Q4/2016
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i7-7500U 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 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a partial load benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. In the single-core test, only the fastest CPU core is measured. The test run simulates the performance in practice.
Intel Core i3-8109U Intel Core i3-8109U
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
1185
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
1180
Intel Core i7-5950HQ Intel Core i7-5950HQ
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
1180
Intel Core i7-7500U Intel Core i7-7500U
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
1178
Intel Core i7-7700HQ Intel Core i7-7700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
1178
Intel Core i7-6920HQ Intel Core i7-6920HQ
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
1173
Intel Core i7-6820HK Intel Core i7-6820HK
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
1173

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

The practical Geekbench 6 multi-core benchmark tests the system's performance under partial load. The processor's maximum power consumption is far from being used up.
Intel Core i7-3635QM Intel Core i7-3635QM
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
2328
Intel Core i7-7560U Intel Core i7-7560U
2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
2301
Intel Core i3-10110U Intel Core i3-10110U
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
2289
Intel Core i7-7500U Intel Core i7-7500U
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
2274
Intel Core i5-7300U Intel Core i5-7300U
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
2271
Intel Core i7-6567U Intel Core i7-6567U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
2271
Intel Core i7-3630QM Intel Core i7-3630QM
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
2265

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.
Intel Core i7-6820HQ Intel Core i7-6820HQ
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
846
Intel Core i7-6870HQ Intel Core i7-6870HQ
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
846
Intel Core i5-7300HQ Intel Core i5-7300HQ
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
844
Intel Core i7-7500U Intel Core i7-7500U
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
842
Intel Core i7-4950HQ Intel Core i7-4950HQ
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
842
Intel Core i7-4860HQ Intel Core i7-4860HQ
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
842
Intel Core i5-4340M Intel Core i5-4340M
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
841

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 i5-4340M Intel Core i5-4340M
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
1863
Intel Core i7-6650U Intel Core i7-6650U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
1846
Intel Celeron N5100 Intel Celeron N5100
4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
1834
Intel Core i7-7500U Intel Core i7-7500U
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
1826
Intel Core i7-5557U Intel Core i7-5557U
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
1823
AMD Athlon Gold 3150U AMD Athlon Gold 3150U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1822
AMD Athlon Gold 3150C AMD Athlon Gold 3150C
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1822

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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.
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
360
Intel Core i7-6820HQ Intel Core i7-6820HQ
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
357
Intel Core i7-8705G Intel Core i7-8705G
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
355
Intel Core i7-7500U Intel Core i7-7500U
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
354
Intel Core i7-8550U Intel Core i7-8550U
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
354
Intel Core i5-7300U Intel Core i5-7300U
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
353
Intel Processor N95 Intel Processor N95
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
349

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 Ryzen 3 3200U AMD Ryzen 3 3200U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
751
AMD Ryzen 3 3250U AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
751
Intel Core i7-7560U Intel Core i7-7560U
2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
744
Intel Core i7-7500U Intel Core i7-7500U
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
739
Intel Core i5-6300U Intel Core i5-6300U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
739
Intel Core i5-6200U Intel Core i5-6200U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
735
Intel Pentium Silver J5040 Intel Pentium Silver J5040
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
730

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 i5-8210Y Intel Core i5-8210Y
Intel UHD Graphics 617 @ 1.05 GHz
403
Intel Core i5-8310Y Intel Core i5-8310Y
Intel UHD Graphics 617 @ 1.05 GHz
403
Intel Core i5-8365UE Intel Core i5-8365UE
Intel UHD Graphics 620 @ 1.05 GHz
403
Intel Core i7-7500U Intel Core i7-7500U
Intel HD Graphics 620 @ 1.05 GHz
403
Intel Core i5-10500H Intel Core i5-10500H
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.05 GHz
403
Intel Core i5-10200H Intel Core i5-10200H
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.05 GHz
403
Intel Core i5-9300H Intel Core i5-9300H
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.05 GHz
403

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 Core i7-6660U Intel Core i7-6660U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
3720
Intel Core i5-7300U Intel Core i5-7300U
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
3694
AMD Ryzen 3 2200U AMD Ryzen 3 2200U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
3690
Intel Core i7-7500U Intel Core i7-7500U
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
3659
Intel Core i7-6650U Intel Core i7-6650U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
3650
Intel Core i3-8130U Intel Core i3-8130U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
3619
Intel Core i7-2635QM Intel Core i7-2635QM
4C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
3540

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
Intel Core i7-7600U Intel Core i7-7600U
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
1167.3
Intel Core i5-6300U Intel Core i5-6300U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
1179.4
Intel Core i5-7200U Intel Core i5-7200U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
1232.5
Intel Core i7-7500U Intel Core i7-7500U
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
1327.4
Intel Core i3-7020U Intel Core i3-7020U
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
1411.2
Intel Core i7-4600U Intel Core i7-4600U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
1442.5
Intel Core i5-5300U Intel Core i5-5300U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
1716.7

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-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 i5-7300HQ Intel Core i5-7300HQ
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
359
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
350
AMD Ryzen 5 2500U AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
329
Intel Core i7-7500U Intel Core i7-7500U
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
325
Intel Core i7-6700HQ Intel Core i7-6700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
325
Intel Core i5-7200U Intel Core i5-7200U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
287
Intel Core i7-6500U Intel Core i7-6500U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
282

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 i3-10110U Intel Core i3-10110U
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
1071
Intel Core i3-8145U Intel Core i3-8145U
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
1039
Intel Core i5-7300U Intel Core i5-7300U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
978
Intel Core i7-7500U Intel Core i7-7500U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
973
AMD Athlon 200GE AMD Athlon 200GE
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
952
Intel Core i3-8130U Intel Core i3-8130U
2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
937
Intel Core i7-5600U Intel Core i7-5600U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
912

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 i7-6567U Intel Core i7-6567U
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
153
Intel Core i7-6820HK Intel Core i7-6820HK
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
152
Intel Core i7-6820HQ Intel Core i7-6820HQ
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
152
Intel Core i7-7500U Intel Core i7-7500U
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
149
Intel Core i5-6287U Intel Core i5-6287U
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
149
Intel Core i5-7300U Intel Core i5-7300U
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
149
Intel Core i5-7267U Intel Core i5-7267U
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
149

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 Athlon PRO 300GE AMD Athlon PRO 300GE
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
381
Intel Core i3-8109U Intel Core i3-8109U
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
381
Intel Core i5-7267U Intel Core i5-7267U
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
379
Intel Core i7-7500U Intel Core i7-7500U
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
376
Intel Core i5-7300U Intel Core i5-7300U
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
375
Intel Core i5-7260U Intel Core i5-7260U
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
362
AMD Athlon 200GE AMD Athlon 200GE
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
360

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