Intel Core i7-6700T vs Intel Core i5-3550

Intel Core i7-6700T
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
2800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2015
Intel Core i7-6700T
Intel Core i5-3550
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3300 MHz / Cores: 4 / Apr 2012
Intel Core i5-3550

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    120%
  • Intel Core i5-3550
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    105%
  • Intel Core i5-3550
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    126%
  • Intel Core i5-3550
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-6700T

5% higher single threaded performance.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 26% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
42 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 20% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-3550

None

Intel Core i7-6700T

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-6700T

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i7-6700T

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-6700T

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i7-6700TIntel Core i5-3550
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
HTT
Boost 2.0
AES-NI
Smart Cache
SGX
MPX
TXT

Architecture

Intel Core i7-6700TIntel Core i5-3550
ArchitectureIntel_SkylakevsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameSkylakevsIvy Bridge
Release DateSep 2015vsApr 2012

Cores

Intel Core i7-6700TIntel Core i5-3550
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsHD Graphics 530vsIntel HD 2500

Cache

Intel Core i7-6700TIntel Core i5-3550
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i7-6700TIntel Core i5-3550
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Temp66°Cvs67°C
PackagevsFC-LGA12C
Die Sizeunknownvs160mm²
Process14 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Core i7-6700TIntel Core i5-3550
Cpu Frequency2800 MHzvs3300 MHz
Turbo Clock3600 MHzvs3700 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP35 Wvs77 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    4140 points
  • Intel Core i5-3550
    3811 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    12880 points
  • Intel Core i5-3550
    13596 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark06 CPU

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    7253
  • Intel Core i5-3550
    6405

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    5605
  • Intel Core i5-3550
    5191

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    20201
  • Intel Core i5-3550
    17762

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    1.74
  • Intel Core i5-3550
    1.56

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    7.26
  • Intel Core i5-3550
    5.81

points - higher is better

SuperPI 1M

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    10
  • Intel Core i5-3550
    9.99

seconds - lower is better

wPrime 32

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    9.85
  • Intel Core i5-3550
    9.98

seconds - lower is better

WinRAR 4.0

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    3829
  • Intel Core i5-3550
    3375

MB/s - higher is better

x264 Pass 1

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    165.2
  • Intel Core i5-3550
    163.8

FPS - higher is better

x264 Pass 2

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    41.9
  • Intel Core i5-3550
    32.7

FPS - higher is better

TrueCrypt AES

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    4
  • Intel Core i5-3550
    2.7

GB/s

TrueCrypt Twofish

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    0.69
  • Intel Core i5-3550
    0.45

GB/s

TrueCrypt Serpent

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    0.41
  • Intel Core i5-3550
    0.28

GB/s