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AMD FX-9830P vs Intel Core i7-7700 vs Intel Core i7-7660U

AMD FX-9830P

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The AMD FX-9830P is a mobile mainstream SoC from the Bristol-Ridge APU series for notebooks (7th APU generation), which was announced mid 2016. The FX-9830P is the fastest Bristol Ridge APU with a 45-Watt TDP and the successor to the 15-35-Watt FX-8800P from the Carrizo generation. The chip has four CPU cores (two Excavator modules = 4 integer and 2 FP units), a Radeon R7 GPU as well as a dual-channel DDR4-1866 memory controller. Carrizo is a full-fledged SoC and is also equipped with an integrated chipset, which provides all I/0 ports.

Architecture

Bristol Ridge is the successor of the Carrizo architecture and the design is almost identical. Thanks to optimized manufacturing processes and more aggressive Boost behavior, however, the clocks are a bit higher at the same power consumption. The memory controller now also supports DDR4-RAM, in this case up to 2400 MHz. More technical details are available in the following articles:

Performance

Thanks to higher clocks, the FX9830P is slightly ahead of the old 35-Watt top model FX-8800P and competes with the entry-level dual-cores from Intel (Skylake and Kaby Lake). Compared to the Intel model, the AMD chip has a small advantage in multi-thread scenarios, but is beaten when you only stress one or two cores.

This means there is sufficient performance for typical office and web applications as well as light multitasking.

Graphics Card

The integrated Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) GPU has 512 active shader units (8 compute cores) clocked at up to 900 MHz (compared to 758 MHz for FX-9800P). Thanks to the better utilization of the clock range as well as faster DDR4-RAm, the GPU can slightly beat its predecessors Radeon R7 (Carrizo) and competes with a dedicated GeForce 920MX in the best-case scenario (dual-channel memory). Many games from 2015/2016 can be played smoothly at low settings. 

Power Consumption

AMD specifies the TDP of the FX-9830P with 25-45 Watts, which is comparable to Intel quad-core processors from the H-series. This means the APU is a good choice for big and heavy notebooks with at least 15 inches.

Intel Core i7-7700

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The Intel Core i7-7700 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 65 Watt consumer Kaby-Lake-H series at the time of the announcement. The faster CPUs, like the Core i7-7700K, are specified with 91 Watt. Besides four cores including Hyper-Threading (8 threads) support running at 3.6 - 4.2 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.

Power Consumption

The chip is manufactured in an improved 14nm process with FinFET transistors, which improves the efficiency slightly.

Intel Core i7-7660U

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The Intel Core i7-7660U is a fast dual-core SoC for notebooks and Ultrabooks based on the Kaby Lake architecture and was announced in January 2017. The CPU has two processor cores clocked at 2.5-4 GHz (two cores up to 3.8 GHz). The processor can execute up to four threads simultaneously thanks to Hyper Threading. It is also equipped with an Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 GPU with 64 MB eDRAm, a dual-channel memory controller (DDR4) as well as VP9 and H.265 video decoding as well as encoding. The chip is still manufactured in a 14nm process with FinFET transistors.

Compared to the Core i7-7600U, the 7660 does have a higher single-core Turbo of 4 GHz (+100 MHz), but a lower dual-core Turbo (-100 MHz) and a lower base frequency (-300 MHz). However, the CPU part can also use the 64 MB eDRAM as L5 cache.

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

At 2.5-4 GHz, the Core i7-7660U has a slightly lower frequency (except for the single-core Turbo) compared to the Core i7-7600U, but the CPU part can also use the 64 MB eDRAM, so the performance should be similar.

Graphics

The integrated Intel Iris Plus 640 Graphics is the GT3e model of the Kaby Lake GPU (Intel Gen. 9.5). It has 48 Execution Units running at 300-1050 MHz and the performance is comparable to a GeForce 920MX thanks to fast eDRAM cache. However, there aren't any significant improvements compared to the old Iris Pro 540, so modern games can often not be played smoothly or only at the lowest or medium settings, respectively.

Contrary to Skylake, Kaby lake now also supports H.265/HEVC Main 10 with a 10-bit color depth as well as Google's VP9 codec. The dual-core Kaby Lake processors 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 even further. Intel still specifies the TDP with 15 Watts, which is typical for ULV chips. Depending on the usage scenario, the TDP can vary between 7.5 (cTDP Down) and 25 Watts.

ModelAMD FX-9830PIntel Core i7-7700Intel Core i7-7660U
SeriesAMD Bristol RidgeIntel Kaby LakeIntel Kaby Lake
CodenameBristol RidgeKaby LakeKaby Lake
Series: Kaby Lake Kaby Lake
AMD FX-9830P « 3 - 3.7 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD PRO A12-9830B3 - 3.7 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD FX-9800P2.7 - 3.6 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD PRO A12-9800B2.7 - 3.6 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A12-9720P2.7 - 3.6 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A12-9700P2.5 - 3.4 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A10-9620P2.5 - 3.4 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A10-9600P2.4 - 3.3 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD PRO A8-9600B2.4 - 3.3 GHz4 / 4 cores
Intel Core i7-7700K4.2 - 4.5 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7700 « 3.6 - 4.2 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Xeon E3-1535M v63.1 - 4.2 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7920HQ3.1 - 4.1 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7700T2.9 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7600K3.8 - 4.2 GHz4 / 4 cores8 MB L3
Intel Xeon E3-1505M v63 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7820HQ2.9 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7820HK2.9 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7700HQ2.8 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-75003.4 - 3.8 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7440HQ2.8 - 3.8 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7567U3.5 - 4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7660U2.5 - 4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7600U2.8 - 3.9 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7300HQ2.5 - 3.5 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7500T2.7 - 3.3 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7287U3.3 - 3.7 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7560U2.4 - 3.8 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7267U3.1 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7360U2.3 - 3.6 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7500U2.7 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7300U2.6 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7260U2.2 - 3.4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7200U2.5 - 3.1 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7100H3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7167U2.8 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7Y751.3 - 3.6 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7Y571.2 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7Y541.2 - 3.2 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7100U2.4 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core m3-7Y321 - 3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4415U2.3 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Core m3-7Y301 - 2.6 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3965U2.2 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7020U2.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3867U1.8 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3865U1.8 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y1.7 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y1.6 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4410Y1.5 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3965Y1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7700K4.2 - 4.5 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-77003.6 - 4.2 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Xeon E3-1535M v63.1 - 4.2 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7920HQ3.1 - 4.1 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7700T2.9 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7600K3.8 - 4.2 GHz4 / 4 cores8 MB L3
Intel Xeon E3-1505M v63 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7820HQ2.9 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7820HK2.9 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7700HQ2.8 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-75003.4 - 3.8 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7440HQ2.8 - 3.8 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7567U3.5 - 4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7660U « 2.5 - 4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7600U2.8 - 3.9 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7300HQ2.5 - 3.5 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7500T2.7 - 3.3 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7287U3.3 - 3.7 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7560U2.4 - 3.8 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7267U3.1 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7360U2.3 - 3.6 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7500U2.7 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7300U2.6 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7260U2.2 - 3.4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7200U2.5 - 3.1 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7100H3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7167U2.8 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7Y751.3 - 3.6 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7Y571.2 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7Y541.2 - 3.2 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7100U2.4 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core m3-7Y321 - 3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4415U2.3 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Core m3-7Y301 - 2.6 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3965U2.2 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7020U2.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3867U1.8 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3865U1.8 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y1.7 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y1.6 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4410Y1.5 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3965Y1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Clock3000 - 3700 MHz3600 - 4200 MHz2500 - 4000 MHz
L2 Cache2 MB1 MB512 KB
Cores / Threads4 / 44 / 82 / 4
TDP25-45 Watt65 Watt15 Watt
Transistors3100 Million
Technology28 nm14 nm14 nm
Die Size250 mm2
max. Temp.90 °C100 °C
FeaturesDual-Channel DDR3/DDR4-1866 Memory Controller, PCIe 3.0 x8DDR3(L)-1600/DDR4-2400 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, AES-NI, TSX-NI, Quick Sync, Virtualization, vProDual-Channel DDR4 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NI
iGPUAMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) ( - 900 MHz)Intel HD Graphics 630 (350 - 1150 MHz)Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 (300 - 1050 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
Announced
Manufacturerproducts.amd.comark.intel.com
L1 Cache256 KB128 KB
L3 Cache8 MB4 MB
SocketFCLGA1151BGA1356
$303 U.S.$415 U.S.

Benchmarks

Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
301 Points (2%)
min: 836     avg: 861     median: 857 (5%)     max: 889 Points
min: 397     avg: 403.5     median: 403.5 (3%)     max: 410 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
93 Points (28%)
min: 153     avg: 171.3     median: 178 (54%)     max: 183 Points
min: 154     avg: 158.5     median: 158.5 (48%)     max: 163 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
3.6 Points (5%)
9.5 Points (12%)
min: 4.39     avg: 4.5     median: 4.5 (6%)     max: 4.55 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
1.1 Points (27%)
2 Points (50%)
min: 1.84     avg: 1.9     median: 1.9 (46%)     max: 1.89 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
3033 Points (18%)
min: 6126     avg: 6170     median: 6169.5 (37%)     max: 6213 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
9822 Points (7%)
min: 13779     avg: 13809     median: 13808.5 (10%)     max: 13838 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
315.9 s (4%)
210.1 s (2%)
min: 433     avg: 435.5     median: 435.5 (5%)     max: 438 s
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
10.3 s (2%)
6.7 s (1%)
min: 12.6     avg: 12.9     median: 12.9 (3%)     max: 13.2 s
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
100%
1 i7-7700 +
49 fps (17%)
min: 25     avg: 25.3     median: 25.3 (9%)     max: 25.6 fps
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
100%
1 i7-7700 +
181 fps (42%)
min: 134     avg: 136.5     median: 136.5 (31%)     max: 139 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
0.3 GB/s (0%)
0.2 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
0.5 GB/s (8%)
0.4 GB/s (7%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
2 GB/s (5%)
2.4 GB/s (6%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
1257 Seconds (9%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 5193     avg: 5227     median: 5226.5 (11%)     max: 5260 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
18.6 s (4%)
102%
1 i7-7700 +
10.2 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
43.7 s (2%)
101%
1 i7-7700 +
22.9 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
870 s (4%)
101%
1 i7-7700 +
556 s (2%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 3051     avg: 3081     median: 3080.5 (8%)     max: 3110 Points
min: 10706     avg: 10740     median: 10739.5 (29%)     max: 10773 Points
min: 4463     avg: 5069     median: 5230 (14%)     max: 5513 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
34521 Points (28%)
167%
1 i7-7700 +
min: 54177     avg: 57570     median: 57569.5 (47%)     max: 60962 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
31580 Points (26%)
170%
1 i7-7700 +
53710 Points (44%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
34398 Points (29%)
57582 Points (49%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
2945 Points (7%)
min: 8301     avg: 8650     median: 8650 (22%)     max: 8999 Points
min: 3823     avg: 3936     median: 3935.5 (10%)     max: 4048 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 3234     avg: 3787     median: 3787 (7%)     max: 4340 Points
min: 11520     avg: 12081     median: 12081 (22%)     max: 12642 Points
min: 5412     avg: 5561     median: 5560.5 (10%)     max: 5709 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 1979     avg: 1990     median: 1989.5 (8%)     max: 2000 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
4786 Points (48%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
9320 Points (10%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
4603 Points (63%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
8952 Points (22%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
8570 Points (13%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
4074 Points (61%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 927     avg: 938     median: 937.5 (1%)     max: 948 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
123.5 ms (1%)
min: 65.2     avg: 65.6     median: 65.6 (1%)     max: 66 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 35767     avg: 36437     median: 36436.5 (33%)     max: 37106 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 39.2     avg: 40     median: 40 (7%)     max: 40.8 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 39.2     avg: 40     median: 40 (7%)     max: 40.8 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 9.73     avg: 10.1     median: 10.1 (8%)     max: 10.5 Points per Watt

Average Benchmarks AMD FX-9830P → 100% n=9

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-7700 → 232% n=9

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-7660U → 138% n=9

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