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Intel Core i7-5600U

Intel 5600U

The Intel Core i7-5600U is an ULV (ultra low voltage) dual-core processor based on the Broadwell architecture, which has been launched in January 2015. In addition to two CPU cores with Hyper-Threading clocked at 2.6 - 3.2 GHz (2 Cores: 3.1 GHz), the chip also integrates an HD Graphics 5500 GPU and a dual-channel DDR3(L)-1600 memory controller. The Core i7 is manufactured in a 14 nm process with FinFET transistors.

Compared to the Core i7-5650U, the i7-5600U features a higher CPU base clock, but integrates a somewhat slower GPU.

Architecture

Broadwell represents the "Tick" in Intel's Tick-Tock model, which means a shrink of its predecessor Haswell. The new 14 nm manufacturing process with three-dimensional FinFET transistors allows not only improvements in energy efficiency, but also a significantly smaller die size fit for more compact packages and devices.

Further advantages result from the revised microarchitecture of Broadwell. Due to its improved branch prediction, bigger buffer sizes (1500 instead of 1000 entries in the L2 TLB) and other tweaks, the performance per clock has been increased by more than 5 percent over its predecessor. There are also some new instruction set extensions designed for cryptographic applications.

Performance

Thanks to its improved architecture, the Core i7-5600U is about 5 - 20 percent faster than the slightly lower clocked Core i7-4600U (Haswell, 15 W) and matches the Core i5-4288U (Haswell, 28 W). Thus, the CPU has sufficient power even for demanding applications and multitasking.

Graphics

The integrated HD Graphics 5500 offers 24 Execution Units (EUs) clocked at 300 - 950 MHz. Similar to the CPU core, the GPU architecture (Intel Gen 8) has been thoroughly revised for improved performance-per-clock. The HD Graphics 5500 beats the HD Graphics 4400 (20 EUs) as well as the HD Graphics 5000 (40 EUs), both part of the Haswell generation. Nevertheless, most games as of 2015 will be playable only in low settings.

Broadwell is the first Intel chip to fully support DirectX 11.2 as well as OpenCL 1.3/2.0 and OpenGL 4.3. Video will output natively via DisplayPort 1.2 or HDMI 1.4a. However, the new HDMI 2.0 standard is not supported.

Power Consumption

The i7-5600U is rated at a TDP of 15 W (7.5 W cTDP Down) including the graphics card, memory controller, VRMs and the integrated chipset. Therefore, the CPU is suited even for small ultrabooks 11-inches and greater.

SeriesIntel Core i7
CodenameBroadwell

Series: Core i7 Broadwell

Intel Core i7-5950HQ compare2.9 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-5850HQ compare2.7 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-5700HQ compare2.7 - 3.5 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-5750HQ compare2.5 - 3.4 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-5557U compare3.1 - 3.4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-5600U « 2.6 - 3.2 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-5650U compare2.2 - 3.2 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-5500U compare2.4 - 3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-5550U compare2 - 3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Clock Rate2600 - 3200 MHz
Level 1 Cache128 KB
Level 2 Cache512 KB
Level 3 Cache4 MB
Number of Cores / Threads2 / 4
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)15 Watt
Transistor Count1300 Million
Manufacturing Technology14 nm
Die Size82 mm2
Max. Temperature105 °C
SocketBGA
FeaturesDDR3(L)-1600 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, vPro, AES-NI
GPUIntel HD Graphics 5500 (300 - 950 MHz)
64 Bit64 Bit support
Architecturex86
Starting Price$393 U.S.
Announcement Date01/05/2015
Product Link (external)ark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 3.07     avg: 3.2     median: 3.3 (4%)     max: 3.31 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 9564     avg: 10137     median: 10263 (7%)     max: 10435 points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
min: 12836     avg: 13363     median: 13427 (9%)     max: 13756 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
min: 6462     avg: 6495     median: 6490 (8%)     max: 6543 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
min: 482.1     avg: 504     median: 491.1 (6%)     max: 534 s
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
min: 14.74     avg: 15.3     median: 15.5 (3%)     max: 15.66 s
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 18     avg: 18.4     median: 18.3 (6%)     max: 18.72 fps
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
min: 96.3     avg: 99.5     median: 99 (23%)     max: 102.4 fps
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 11.9     avg: 12.2     median: 12.1 (3%)     max: 12.82 s
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 27.53     avg: 27.8     median: 27.7 (1%)     max: 27.97 s
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
min: 617     avg: 627     median: 626 (3%)     max: 636 s
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 31181     avg: 37825     median: 38359 (31%)     max: 41527 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 4750     avg: 4937     median: 4956.5 (9%)     max: 5036 Points
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 86.2     avg: 105.9     median: 86.9 (1%)     max: 175.4 ms
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Reviews for the Intel Core i7-5600U processor

Toshiba Portege Z30t-B1320W10 Notebook Review

Toshiba Portege Z30t-B1320W10 Notebook Review

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Lenovo ThinkPad T450s-20BWS03F00: Intel HD Graphics 5500, 14.00", 1.6 kg
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Lenovo ThinkPad X250-20CLS06D00: Intel HD Graphics 5500, 12.50", 1.4 kg
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Toshiba Tecra Z40t-B1420W10: Intel HD Graphics 5500, 14.00", 1.5 kg
  External Review » Toshiba Tecra Z40t-B1420W10

Toshiba Portege Z30t-B-10K: Intel HD Graphics 5500, 13.30", 1.4 kg
  External Review » Toshiba Portege Z30t-B-10K

Toshiba Tecra Z40t-B: Intel HD Graphics 5500, 14.00", 1.7 kg
  External Review » Toshiba Tecra Z40t-B

HP Spectre Pro x360 G1-H9W43EA: Intel HD Graphics 5500, 13.30", 1.5 kg
  External Review » HP Spectre Pro x360 G1-H9W43EA

HP EliteBook Folio 1040 G2: Intel HD Graphics 5500, 14.00", 1.5 kg
  External Review » HP EliteBook Folio 1040 G2

Toshiba Portege Z30-B1320: Intel HD Graphics 5500, 13.30", 1.4 kg
  External Review » Toshiba Portege Z30-B1320

Lenovo ThinkPad X250-20CLS06D00: Intel HD Graphics 5500, 12.50", 1.4 kg
  External Review » Lenovo ThinkPad X250-20CLS06D00

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon-20BS0068PB: Intel HD Graphics 5500, 14.00", 1.3 kg
  External Review » Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon-20BS0068PB

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  External Review » HP ZBook 14 G2

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  External Review » Lenovo ThinkPad W550s-20E1000BPB

Lenovo ThinkPad T450s-20BWS03F00: Intel HD Graphics 5500, 14.00", 1.6 kg
  External Review » Lenovo ThinkPad T450s-20BWS03F00

HP Zbook 15U G2: AMD FirePro W4170M, 15.60", 1.9 kg
  External Review » HP Zbook 15U G2

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Other CPUs of the series Core i7

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» Intel Core i7-5950HQ
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» Intel Core i7-4930MX
   4x 3 GHz - 3.9 GHz
» Intel Core i7-6970HQ
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» Intel Core i7-6870HQ
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» Intel Core i7-4980HQ
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» Intel Core i7-4910MQ
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» Intel Core i7-5850HQ
   4x 2.7 GHz - 3.6 GHz
» Intel Core i7-3940XM
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» Intel Core i7-5700HQ
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» Intel Core i7-5750HQ
   4x 2.5 GHz - 3.4 GHz
» Intel Core i7-6820HK
   4x 2.7 GHz - 3.6 GHz
» Intel Core i7-6820HQ
   4x 2.7 GHz - 3.6 GHz
» Intel Core i7-6770HQ
   4x 2.6 GHz - 3.5 GHz
» Intel Core i7-4900MQ
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» Intel Core i7-4960HQ
   4x 2.6 GHz - 3.8 GHz
» Intel Core i7-6700HQ
   4x 2.6 GHz - 3.5 GHz
» Intel Core i7-4810MQ
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» Intel Core i7-4870HQ
   4x 2.5 GHz - 3.7 GHz
» Intel Core i7-8665U
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» Intel Core i7-3920XM
   4x 2.9 GHz - 3.8 GHz
» Intel Core i7-4800MQ
   4x 2.7 GHz - 3.7 GHz
» Intel Core i7-4950HQ
   4x 2.4 GHz - 3.6 GHz
» Intel Core i7-4860HQ
   4x 2.4 GHz - 3.6 GHz
» Intel Core i7-4720HQ
   4x 2.6 GHz - 3.6 GHz
» Intel Core i7-3840QM
   4x 2.8 GHz - 3.8 GHz
» Intel Core i7-4850HQ
   4x 2.3 GHz - 3.5 GHz
» Intel Core i7-4710HQ
   4x 2.5 GHz - 3.5 GHz
» Intel Core i7-4710MQ
   4x 2.5 GHz - 3.5 GHz
» Intel Core i7-8565U
   4x 1.8 GHz - 4.6 GHz
» Intel Core i7-4770HQ
   4x 2.2 GHz - 3.4 GHz
» Intel Core i7-3820QM
   4x 2.7 GHz - 3.7 GHz
» Intel Core i7-3740QM
   4x 2.7 GHz - 3.7 GHz
» Intel Core i7-3720QM
   4x 2.6 GHz - 3.6 GHz
» Intel Core i7-4700HQ
   4x 2.4 GHz - 3.4 GHz
» Intel Core i7-4700MQ
   4x 2.4 GHz - 3.4 GHz
» Intel Core i7-4760HQ
   4x 2.1 GHz - 3.3 GHz
» Intel Core i7-4722HQ
   4x 2.4 GHz - 3.4 GHz
» Intel Core i7-2960XM
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» Intel Core i7-4712HQ
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» Intel Core i7-4712MQ
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» Intel Core i7-4750HQ
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» Intel Core i7-3635QM
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» Intel Core i7-3630QM
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» Intel Core i7-4702HQ
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» Intel Core i7-4702MQ
   4x 2.2 GHz - 3.2 GHz
» Intel Core i7-2860QM
   4x 2.5 GHz - 3.6 GHz
» Intel Core i7-2920XM
   4x 2.5 GHz - 3.5 GHz
» Intel Core i7-3615QM
   4x 2.3 GHz - 3.3 GHz
» Intel Core i7-3610QM
   4x 2.3 GHz - 3.3 GHz
» Intel Core i7-3632QM
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» Intel Core i7-2760QM
   4x 2.4 GHz - 3.5 GHz
» Intel Core i7-2820QM
   4x 2.3 GHz - 3.4 GHz
» Intel Core i7-3612QM
   4x 2.1 GHz - 3.1 GHz
» Intel Core i7-2720QM
   4x 2.2 GHz - 3.3 GHz
» Intel Core i7-2675QM
   4x 2.2 GHz - 3.1 GHz
» Intel Core i7-2670QM
   4x 2.2 GHz - 3.1 GHz
» Intel Core i7-6567U
   2x 3.3 GHz - 3.6 GHz
» Intel Core i7-2635QM
   4x 2 GHz - 2.9 GHz
» Intel Core i7-2630QM
   4x 2 GHz - 2.9 GHz
» Intel Core i7-5557U
   2x 3.1 GHz - 3.4 GHz
» Intel Core i7-4610M
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» Intel Core i7-940XM
   4x 2.13 GHz - 3.33 GHz
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» Intel Core i7-3540M
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» Intel Core i7-4558U
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» Intel Core i7-6600U
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» Intel Core i7-6650U
   2x 2.2 GHz - 3.4 GHz
» Intel Core i7-6560U
   2x 2.2 GHz - 3.2 GHz
» Intel Core i7-3520M
   2x 2.9 GHz - 3.6 GHz
» Intel Core i7-6500U
   2x 2.5 GHz - 3.1 GHz
» Intel Core i7-5600U
   2x 2.6 GHz - 3.2 GHz
» Intel Core i7-5650U
   2x 2.2 GHz - 3.2 GHz
» Intel Core i7-2640M
   2x 2.8 GHz - 3.5 GHz
» Intel Core i7-5500U
   2x 2.4 GHz - 3 GHz
» Intel Core i7-5550U
   2x 2 GHz - 3 GHz
» Intel Core i7-840QM
   4x 1.86 GHz - 3.2 GHz
» Intel Core i7-2620M
   2x 2.7 GHz - 3.4 GHz
» Intel Core i7-4600U
   2x 2.1 GHz - 3.3 GHz
» Intel Core i7-4650U
   2x 1.7 GHz - 3.3 GHz
» Intel Core i7-3687U
   2x 2.1 GHz - 3.3 GHz
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» Intel Core i7-4500U
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Surrounding CPUs

+ Intel Core i5-4400E
   2x 2.7 GHz - 3.3 GHz
+ Intel Core i5-4300M
   2x 2.6 GHz - 3.3 GHz
+ Intel Core i3-7100H
   2x 3 GHz
+ Intel Core i7-3520M
   2x 2.9 GHz - 3.6 GHz
+ Intel Core i7-6500U
   2x 2.5 GHz - 3.1 GHz
» Intel Core i7-5600U
   2x 2.6 GHz - 3.2 GHz
- Intel Core i7-5650U
   2x 2.2 GHz - 3.2 GHz
- Intel Core i5-6360U
   2x 2 GHz - 3.1 GHz
- Intel Core i5-4210M
   2x 2.6 GHz - 3.2 GHz
- Intel Core i5-6300U
   2x 2.4 GHz - 3 GHz
- Intel Core i5-4288U
   2x 2.6 GHz - 3.1 GHz
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Klaus Hinum, 2014-10- 4 (Update: 2014-10- 9)