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Intel Core i7-4500U vs Intel Core i7-7700K

Intel Core i7-4500U

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The Intel Core i7-4500U is an ULV (ultra low voltage) dual-core processor for ultrabooks launched in Q2 2013. It is based on the Haswell architecture and is manufactured in 22nm. Due to Hyper-Threading, the two cores can handle up to four threads in parallel, leading to better utilization of the CPU. Each core offers a base speed of 1.8 GHz, but can dynamically increase clock rates with Turbo Boost up to 3.0 GHz for 1 active core or 2.7 GHz for 2 active cores.

Haswell is the successor to the Ivy Bridge architecture with improvements on both GPU and CPU performance. The CPUs are produced in 22nm and offer an optimized branch prediction as well as additional execution ports, improving the performance per clock by almost 10 percent. Furthermore, new features like AVX2 and FMA should increase the performance in future applications.

The performance of the Core i7-4500U is similar to the old and slightly higher clocked Core i7-3537U. However, when using new instruction sets such as AVX2 the performance can be significantly better. Thus, the CPU has sufficient power for office and multimedia purposes as well as more demanding applications.

The integrated HD Graphics 4400 offers 20 Execution Units (EUs) clocked at 200 - 1100 MHz with Turbo Boost, making it somewhat faster than the former HD Graphics 4000. However, the HD 4400 is significantly slower than the HD 5000 found on a number of other ULV models.

The i7-4500U is rated at a TDP of 15 W including the graphics card, memory controller, VRMs and the integrated chipset. Therefore, the CPU is suited for small ultrabooks 11-inches or greater.

Intel Core i7-7700K

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The Intel Core i7-7700K is a fast quad-core processor for desktops based on the Kaby Lake architecture and was announced in January 2017. It is the top model of the consumer Kaby-Lake-H series at the time of the announcement. Besides four cores including Hyper-Threading (8 threads) support running at 4.2 - 4.5 GHz, the processor is also equipped with the HD Graphics 630 GPU as well as a dual-channel memory controller (DDR3L-1600/DDR4-2400). It is manufactured in a 14nm process with FinFET transistors.

Architecture

Intel basically uses the same micro architecture compared to Skylake, so the per-MHz performance does not differ. The manufacturer only reworked the Speed Shift technology for faster dynamic adjustments of voltages and clocks, and the improved 14nm process allows much higher frequencies combined with better efficiency than before.

Performance

Thanks to the 200 (base) and 300 MHz (Boost) higher clock speed, respectively, the i7-7700K is a few percent faster than the old Skylake Core i7-6700K that offers the same per-MHz performance. Therefore, it is a very fast quad-core CPU that offers sufficient performance for all tasks.

Graphics

The integrated Intel HD Graphics 630 has 24 Execution Units (similar to previous HD Graphics 530) running at 350 - 1150 MHz. The performance depends a lot on the memory configuration; it should be comparable to a dedicated Nvidia GeForce 920M in combination with fast DDR4-2133 dual-channel memory.

Contrary to Skylake, Kaby Lake now supports hardware decoding for H.265/HEVC Main 10 with a 10-bit color depth as well as Google's VP9 codec. The dual-core Kaby Lake processors, which were announced in January, should also support HDCP 2.2.

Power Consumption

The chip is manufactured in an improved 14nm process with FinFET transistors, which improves the efficiency slightly. Intel still specifies the TDP with 91 Watts, which is a lot more than the 45 Watts of the mobile Kaby-Lake-H CPUs.

ModelIntel Core i7-4500UIntel Core i7-7700K
SeriesIntel Core i7Intel Kaby Lake
CodenameHaswellKaby Lake
Series: Kaby Lake Kaby Lake
Intel Core i7-4940MX compare3.1 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4930MX compare3 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4980HQ compare2.8 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4910MQ compare2.9 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4900MQ compare2.8 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4960HQ compare2.6 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4810MQ compare2.8 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4870HQ compare2.5 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4800MQ compare2.7 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4950HQ compare2.4 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4860HQ compare2.4 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4720HQ compare2.6 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4850HQ compare2.3 - 3.5 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4710HQ compare2.5 - 3.5 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4710MQ compare2.5 - 3.5 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4770HQ compare2.2 - 3.4 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4700HQ compare2.4 - 3.4 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4700MQ compare2.4 - 3.4 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4760HQ compare2.1 - 3.3 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4722HQ compare2.4 - 3.4 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4712HQ compare2.3 - 3.3 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4712MQ compare2.3 - 3.3 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4750HQ compare2 - 3.2 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4702HQ compare2.2 - 3.2 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4702MQ compare2.2 - 3.2 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4610M compare3 - 3.7 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4600M compare2.9 - 3.6 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4578U compare3 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4558U compare2.8 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4600U compare2.1 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4650U compare1.7 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4510U compare2 - 3.1 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4500U « 1.8 - 3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4550U compare1.5 - 3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4610Y compare1.7 - 2.9 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7700K « 4.2 - 4.5 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7700 compare3.6 - 4.2 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Xeon E3-1535M v6 compare3.1 - 4.2 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7920HQ compare3.1 - 4.1 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7700T compare2.9 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7600K compare3.8 - 4.2 GHz4 / 4 cores8 MB L3
Intel Xeon E3-1505M v6 compare3 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7820HQ compare2.9 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7820HK compare2.9 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7700HQ compare2.8 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7500 compare3.4 - 3.8 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7440HQ compare2.8 - 3.8 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7567U compare3.5 - 4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7660U compare2.5 - 4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7600U compare2.8 - 3.9 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7300HQ compare2.5 - 3.5 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7500T compare2.7 - 3.3 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7287U compare3.3 - 3.7 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7560U compare2.4 - 3.8 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7267U compare3.1 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7360U compare2.3 - 3.6 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7500U compare2.7 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7300U compare2.6 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7260U compare2.2 - 3.4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7200U compare2.5 - 3.1 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7100H compare3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7167U compare2.8 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7Y75 compare1.3 - 3.6 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7Y57 compare1.2 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7Y54 compare1.2 - 3.2 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7100U compare2.4 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core m3-7Y32 compare1 - 3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4415U compare2.3 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Core m3-7Y30 compare1 - 2.6 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3965U compare2.2 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7020U compare2.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3867U compare1.8 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3865U compare1.8 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y compare1.7 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y compare1.6 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4410Y compare1.5 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3965Y compare1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Clock1800 - 3000 MHz4200 - 4500 MHz
L1 Cache128 KB256 KB
L2 Cache512 KB1 MB
L3 Cache4 MB8 MB
Cores / Threads2 / 44 / 8
TDP15 Watt91 Watt
Technology22 nm14 nm
max. Temp.100 °C
SocketBGA1168FCLGA1151
FeaturesHD Graphics 4400 (200 - 1100 MHz), DDR3(L)-1600 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NIDDR3(L)-1600/DDR4-2400 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, AES-NI, TSX-NI, Quick Sync, Virtualization, vPro
iGPUIntel HD Graphics 4400 (200 - 1100 MHz)Intel HD Graphics 630 (350 - 1150 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.com
$339 U.S.

Benchmarks

Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
465 Points (52%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
2200 Points (5%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 166     avg: 250.7     median: 260 (2%)     max: 274 Points
min: 897     avg: 940     median: 938.5 (6%)     max: 984 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 72     avg: 113     median: 116 (35%)     max: 120 Points
min: 190     avg: 192.3     median: 192.5 (58%)     max: 194 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 1.99     avg: 2.7     median: 2.8 (4%)     max: 2.96 Points
min: 9.78     avg: 10.4     median: 10.4 (13%)     max: 10.91 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 0.79     avg: 1.3     median: 1.3 (33%)     max: 1.34 Points
min: 2.18     avg: 2.2     median: 2.2 (54%)     max: 2.2 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 3923     avg: 4316     median: 4343 (26%)     max: 4451 Points
min: 7222     avg: 7305     median: 7304.5 (44%)     max: 7387 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 6843     avg: 8530     median: 8700 (6%)     max: 9095 Points
min: 28189     avg: 28903     median: 28903 (21%)     max: 29617 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
100%
1 4500U +
min: 8643     avg: 11042     median: 11256 (8%)     max: 11827 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
100%
1 4500U +
min: 5284     avg: 5707     median: 5764 (7%)     max: 5897 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
min: 566     avg: 645     median: 630 (7%)     max: 746 s
min: 169.8     avg: 173.1     median: 173.1 (2%)     max: 176.3 s
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
min: 17.73     avg: 19.8     median: 19.6 (4%)     max: 23.53 s
min: 5.5     avg: 5.6     median: 5.6 (1%)     max: 5.615 s
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
min: 2143     avg: 2678     median: 2473.5 (4%)     max: 3536 Points
5823 Points (9%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 14.09     avg: 16.2     median: 16.4 (6%)     max: 17.26 fps
61.6 fps (22%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
min: 75.3     avg: 88.9     median: 90.6 (21%)     max: 92.7 fps
230 fps (53%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 0.117     avg: 0.1     median: 0.1 (0%)     max: 0.145 GB/s
min: 0.54     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (0%)     max: 0.554 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 0.208     avg: 0.2     median: 0.3 (4%)     max: 0.256 GB/s
min: 0.919     avg: 0.9     median: 0.9 (16%)     max: 0.939 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
min: 1.3     avg: 1.6     median: 1.6 (4%)     max: 1.6 GB/s
min: 5.4     avg: 5.5     median: 5.5 (14%)     max: 5.5 GB/s
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 2464     avg: 3241     median: 3494 (7%)     max: 3644 Points
10156 Points (22%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 12     avg: 13.3     median: 12.7 (3%)     max: 20.12 s
min: 8.11     avg: 8.2     median: 8.2 (2%)     max: 8.22 s
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 27.78     avg: 31     median: 28.9 (1%)     max: 58.8 s
min: 18.3     avg: 18.4     median: 18.4 (1%)     max: 18.41 s
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
min: 632     avg: 654     median: 647 (3%)     max: 762 s
440 s (2%)
SiSoft Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS) - SiSoft Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS)
100%
1 4500U +
min: 46370     avg: 53818     median: 53680 (25%)     max: 61540 MIPS
SiSoft Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS) - SiSoft Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS)
100%
1 4500U +
min: 33000     avg: 34315     median: 34725 (27%)     max: 34810 MFLOPS
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 CPU
100%
1 4500U +
7.1 Points (91%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
100%
1 4500U +
min: 6321     avg: 8884     median: 9621 (8%)     max: 10014 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 2453     avg: 3481     median: 3555 (10%)     max: 4132 Points
min: 9975     avg: 11450     median: 11813 (32%)     max: 12026 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 21459     avg: 30211     median: 31596.5 (26%)     max: 33878 Points
min: 64424     avg: 65351     median: 65408 (53%)     max: 66220 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 30836     avg: 32801     median: 33273 (27%)     max: 34294 Points
66177 Points (54%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 33510     avg: 34137     median: 34136.5 (29%)     max: 34763 Points
67714 Points (57%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 1987     avg: 2594     median: 2727.5 (7%)     max: 2861 Points
min: 9230     avg: 9587     median: 9558 (24%)     max: 9974 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 2155     avg: 3629     median: 3910 (7%)     max: 4056 Points
min: 13137     avg: 13702     median: 13672.5 (24%)     max: 14325 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 5276     avg: 5383     median: 5383 (23%)     max: 5490 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
5480 Points (75%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
17800 Points (43%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 4500U +
min: 5225     avg: 5369     median: 5348 (9%)     max: 5534 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 4500U +
min: 2659     avg: 2754     median: 2751 (54%)     max: 2851 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
18800 Points (29%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
4700 Points (70%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
7684 Points (62%)
12169 Points (98%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
6872 Points (62%)
10472 Points (95%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
6390 Points (13%)
17576 Points (34%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
5718 Points (12%)
17183 Points (35%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
6380 Points (17%)
15476 Points (40%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
769 ms (1%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
52 ms (1%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
145 Watt (25%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
127 Watt (23%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
7.8 Points per Watt (6%)

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-4500U → 100% n=29

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-7700K → 244% n=29

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