Intel Core i5-7600K vs Intel Core i7-7700

Intel Core i5-7600K
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
Intel Core i5-7600K
Intel Core i7-7700
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
Intel Core i7-7700

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i5-7600K
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    115%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-7600K
    111%
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-7600K
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    132%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-7600K

11% higher single threaded performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-7700

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 32% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 15% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i7-7700

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-7700

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i7-7700

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-7700

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-7600KIntel Core i7-7700
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
AES-NI
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0
VT-d
HTT
TSX
TXT
vPro

Architecture

Intel Core i5-7600KIntel Core i7-7700
ArchitectureIntel_KabylakevsIntel_Kabylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameKaby LakevsKaby Lake
Release DateSep 2016vsSep 2016

Cores

Intel Core i5-7600KIntel Core i7-7700
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD Graphics 630vsIntel HD Graphics 630

Cache

Intel Core i5-7600KIntel Core i7-7700
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache6144 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i5-7600KIntel Core i7-7700
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp72°Cvs72°C
Packagevs
Die Sizeunknownvsunknown
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-7600KIntel Core i7-7700
Cpu Frequency3800 MHzvs3600 MHz
Turbo Clock4000 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP95 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-7600K
    4800 points
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    4320 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-7600K
    18240 points
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    20736 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Rendering: POV-Ray 3.7

  • Intel Core i5-7600K
    1659
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    1899

points per second - higher is better

7-zip

  • Intel Core i5-7600K
    17994
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    25087

MIPS - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Single Threaded)

  • Intel Core i5-7600K
    139.59
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    138.99

points - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Multi Threaded)

  • Intel Core i5-7600K
    431.78
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    804.13

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-7600K
    179.5
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    168

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-7600K
    674
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    877

points - higher is better

SuperPI 1M

  • Intel Core i5-7600K
    8.82
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    10.24

seconds - lower is better

wPrime 32

  • Intel Core i5-7600K
    8.49
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    6.73

seconds - lower is better

x264 Pass 1

  • Intel Core i5-7600K
    223
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    181

FPS - higher is better

x264 Pass 2

  • Intel Core i5-7600K
    46.2
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    49

FPS - higher is better