Intel Core i7-7700 vs Intel Core i5-6500

Intel Core i7-7700
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
Intel Core i7-7700
Intel Core i5-6500
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2015
Intel Core i5-6500

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i7-7700
    140%
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-7700
    108%
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-7700
    161%
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-7700

8% higher single threaded performance.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 61% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Core i5-6500.
Around 40% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-6500

None

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 i7-7700Intel Core i5-6500
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
HTT
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
vPro
Boost 2.0

Architecture

Intel Core i7-7700Intel Core i5-6500
ArchitectureIntel_KabylakevsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameKaby LakevsSkylake
Release DateSep 2016vsJul 2015

Cores

Intel Core i7-7700Intel Core i5-6500
Cores4vs4
Threads8vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD Graphics 630vsNo

Cache

Intel Core i7-7700Intel Core i5-6500
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 i7-7700Intel Core i5-6500
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp72°Cvs72°C
PackagevsFC-LGA12C
Die Sizeunknownvs177mm²
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i7-7700Intel Core i5-6500
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3200 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs3600 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-7700
    4320 points
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    4140 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-7700
    20736 points
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    14720 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Rendering: POV-Ray 3.7

  • Intel Core i7-7700
    1899
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    1367

points per second - higher is better

7-zip

  • Intel Core i7-7700
    25087
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    14559

MIPS - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Single Threaded)

  • Intel Core i7-7700
    138.99
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    117.2

points - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Multi Threaded)

  • Intel Core i7-7700
    804.13
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    356.76

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-7700
    168
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    151

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-7700
    877
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    541.5

points - higher is better

SuperPI 1M

  • Intel Core i7-7700
    10.24
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    10.4

seconds - lower is better

wPrime 32

  • Intel Core i7-7700
    6.73
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    10.6

seconds - lower is better

x264 Pass 1

  • Intel Core i7-7700
    181
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    174.5

FPS - higher is better

x264 Pass 2

  • Intel Core i7-7700
    49
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    36.1

FPS - higher is better