Intel Core i7-7660U Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-04-05

The Intel Core i7-7660U was released in Q4/2016 and has 2 cores. The processor can process 4 threads simultaneously and uses a mainboard with the socket BGA 1356. In the Geekbench 5 benchmark, the Intel Core i7-7660U achieved a result of 919 points (single-core) or 2,088 points (multi-core).

CPU lineage
In this classification you can see to which group of processors the Intel Core i7-7660U belongs. We also show the direct predecessor and successor of Intel Core i7-7660U.
Name:	Intel Core i7-7660U
Family:	Intel Core i7
CPU group:	Intel Core i 7000U
Architecture:	Kaby Lake U
Segment:	Mobile
Generation:	7
Predecessor:	Intel Core i7-6660U
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-7660U has 2 cores. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-7660U is 2.50 GHz (4.00 GHz). An initial performance assessment can be made using the number of CPU cores.

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

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	2.50 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	4.00 GHz
Turbo Frequency (2 Cores):	3.80 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 i7-7660U has an integrated graphics that the system can use to efficiently play back videos. The Intel Core i7-7660U has the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 installed, which has 48 streaming multiprocessors (384 shaders).

GPU name:	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
GPU frequency:	0.30 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	1.05 GHz
Compute units:	48
Shader:	384
Max. GPU Memory:	32 GB

Max. displays:	3
Generation:	9.5
Direct X:	12
Technology:	14 nm
Release date:	Q2/2016

Hardware codec support

Processors with integrated graphics can process video codecs faster. Support for modern codecs can significantly increase system efficiency during video playback.

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 type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The Intel Core i7-7660U supports a maximum of 32 GB memory. Depending on the mainboard, the processor can use a maximum of 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum bandwidth of the main memory of 34.1 GB/s.

DDR4-2133 DDR3-1866	34.1 GB/s 34.1 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 The Intel Core i7-7660U has a TDP of 15 W. Based on the TDP, the system manufacturer can and must adapt the cooling solution to the processor.

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

Technical details

Modern production reduces the waste heat of a processor and increases its efficiency. The Intel Core i7-7660U is made in 14 nm and has 4.00 MB cache.

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

Intel Core i7-7660U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz (4.00 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Core i7-7660U 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.

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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 i3-1005G1 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	1047
	Intel Core i5-6600 4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	1041
	Intel Core i5-6600K 4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	1041
	Intel Core i7-7660U 2C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	1040
	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz	1040
	Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L 28C 56T @ 4.00 GHz	1037
	Intel Core i7-8650U 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	1037

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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.


	Intel Pentium Silver N6000 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	1832
	Intel Core i5-5287U 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	1827
	Intel Xeon E5450 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	1781
	Intel Core i7-7660U 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	1759
	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	1742
	Intel Core i3-1110G4 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	1709
	Intel Core i5-6200U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	1706

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 Pentium G4520 2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz	921
	Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	921
	Intel Core i5-7267U 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	920
	Intel Core i7-7660U 2C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	919
	AMD Ryzen 5 3400GE 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	919
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	919
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	917

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.


	AMD EPYC 7281 16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz	2098
	Samsung Exynos 9820 8C 8T @ 2.70 GHz	2094
	AMD FX-6350 6C 6T @ 4.20 GHz	2091
	Intel Core i7-7660U 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	2088
	Intel Core i7-920 4C 8T @ 2.66 GHz	2085
	AMD FX-8120 8C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	2085
	Intel Core i3-8145U 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	2084

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 i5-7500 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	1260
	Intel Core i5-1034G1 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	1259
	Intel Core i5-1035G1 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	1259
	Intel Core i7-7660U 2C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	1258
	Intel Core i5-8279U 4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz	1255
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 16C 32T @ 4.40 GHz	1255
	AMD Ryzen 7 4700S 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	1254

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 i7-970 6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz	2654
	Intel Core i7-5700EQ 4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz	2648
	Samsung Exynos 990 8C 8T @ 2.73 GHz	2645
	Intel Core i7-7660U 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	2637
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz	2634
	Intel Core i7-3920XM 4C 8T @ 2.90 GHz	2632
	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	2629

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 i5-5350H Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 @ 1.05 GHz	806
	Intel Core i5-5575R Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 @ 1.05 GHz	806
	Intel Core i7-5750HQ Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 @ 1.05 GHz	806
	Intel Core i7-7660U Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 @ 1.05 GHz	806
	Intel Core i5-5257U Intel Iris Graphics 6100 @ 1.05 GHz	806
	Intel Core i5-4570R Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 @ 1.25 GHz	800
	Intel Core i5-13500E Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.55 GHz	794

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 i5-2500 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	4150
	Intel Pentium J6426 4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	4150
	Intel Core i3-6100 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	4148
	Intel Core i7-7660U 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	4132
	Intel Pentium Gold G6400 2C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	4129
	Intel Core i5-7287U 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	4129
	Intel Core i5-2550k 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	4120

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 i3-8350K 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	171
	Intel Core i7-6700 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	171
	Intel Core i7-7567U 2C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	171
	Intel Core i7-7660U 2C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	170
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	169
	AMD Ryzen 5 3400G 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	169
	Intel Core i5-8300H 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	169

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.


	Intel Core i5-6400T 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	414
	Intel Core i3-6320 2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	413
	Intel Core i3-1005G1 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	409
	Intel Core i7-7660U 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	405
	Intel Core i3-10110U 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	405
	Intel Core i5-4670T 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	404
	Intel Pentium G4620 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	403

Benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
527 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
504 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,398 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,371 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,646 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,597 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
1,925 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
478 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,319 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,102 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,097 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
941 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
937 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
825 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
836 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

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