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Intel Core i5-7500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5560U vs Intel Core i5-7440HQ

Intel Core i5-7500

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The Intel Core i5-7500 is a fast mid-range quad-core processor for desktops based on the Kaby Lake architecture and was announced in January 2017. It offers four cores (no HyperThreading and therefore also only 4 threads at once) that run at 3.4 - 3.8 GHz.

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

The performance of the i5-7500 is comparable to a mobile Core i7-7700HQ. Therefore, the performance is sufficient even for demanding applications and games.

Graphics

The integrated Intel HD Graphics 630 has 24 Execution Units (similar to previous HD Graphics 530) running at 350 - 1100 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 65 Watts, which is a lot more than the 45 Watts of the mobile Kaby-Lake-H CPUs but less than e.g. the Core i5-7600K (91 Watt).

AMD Ryzen 5 5560U

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The AMD Ryzen 5 5560U, is a fairly fast Cezanne family processor designed for use in thinner, lighter laptops. The R5 5560U integrates six of the eight cores based on the Zen 3 microarchitecture. The cores are clocked at 2.3 (guaranteed base clock) to 4 GHz (Turbo) and support SMT for a total of 12 threads. The chip is manufactured on the modern 7 nm TSMC process.

The new Zen 3 microarchitecture offers a significantly higher IPC (instructions per clock) compared to Zen 2. For desktop processors AMD claims 19 percent on average and in applications reviews showed around 12% gains at the same clock speed.

In addition to the six CPU cores, the APU also integrates a Radeon RX Vega 6 integrated graphics card with 6 CUs at up to 1600 MHz. The dual channel memory controller supports DDR4-3200 and energy efficient LPDDR4-4266 RAM. Furthermore, 16 MB level 3 cache (up from 8 MB at the 4800U) can be found on the chip.

Performance

The Ryzen 5 is a solid upper mid-range CPU and should be only slightly slower than the Ryzen 5 5600U (+200 MHz Boost).

Power consumption

This Ryzen 5 has a default TDP of 15 W, a value that laptop makers are allowed to change to anything between 10 W and 25 W with clock speeds and performance changing accordingly as a result. By going for the lowest value possible, it is possible to build a passively cooled system around this chip. Most laptop makers, however, will do the opposite to maximize performance.

The AMD Ryzen 5 5560U is built with TSMC's 7 nm manufacturing process for average, as of mid 2023, energy efficiency.

Intel Core i5-7440HQ

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The Intel Core i5-7440HQ is a quad-core processor for notebooks based on the Kaby Lake architecture and was announced in January 2017. Compared to the faster Core i7 models, the Core i5 does not support Hyper Threading and has lower clocks. The CPU cores run at 2.8 - 3.8 GHz (4 cores up to 3.4, 2 cores up to 3.6 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

Due to the higher clock speeds, the performance of the i5-7440HQ is clearly faster than the old Core i5-6440HQ with 2.6 - 3.5 GHz. The performance is therefore sufficient even for demanding tasks.

Graphics

The integrated Intel HD Graphics 630 has 24 Execution Units (similar to previous HD Graphics 530) running at 350 - 1000 MHz (i7 models up to 1100). 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 even further. Intel still specifies the TDP with 45 Watts, but it can also be reduced to 35 Watts by the notebook manufacturers (cTDP down). This will obviously affect the performance, because the Turbo Boost cannot be maintained for longer periods.

ModelIntel Core i5-7500AMD Ryzen 5 5560UIntel Core i5-7440HQ
CodenameKaby LakeCezanne-U (Zen 3)Kaby Lake
SeriesIntel Kaby LakeAMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)Intel Kaby Lake
Series: Kaby Lake Kaby Lake
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 i5-7500 « 3.4 - 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
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U1.9 - 4.4 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U2.3 - 4.2 GHz6 / 12 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 5560U « 2.3 - 4 GHz6 / 12 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 5400U2.6 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores8 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 i5-7440HQ « 2.8 - 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
Clock3400 - 3800 MHz2300 - 4000 MHz2800 - 3800 MHz
L1 Cache256 KB384 KB256 KB
L2 Cache1 MB3 MB1 MB
L3 Cache6 MB16 MB6 MB
Cores / Threads4 / 46 / 124 / 4
TDP65 Watt25 Watt45 Watt
Technology14 nm7 nm14 nm
SocketFCLGA1151FP6
FeaturesDDR3(L)-1600/DDR4-2400 Memory Controller, AVX, AVX2, AES-NI, TSX-NI, Quick Sync, Virtualization, vProDDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEDual-Channel DDR4 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NI
iGPUIntel HD Graphics 630 (350 - 1100 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1600 MHz)Intel HD Graphics 630 (300 - 1000 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
$202 U.S.$250 U.S.
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comwww.amd.com
max. Temp.105 °C100 °C

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R5 5560U
31.2 pt (52%)
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Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
7667 Points (7%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
1260 Points (53%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
498 Points (54%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
3019 Points (7%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
585 Points (4%)
1280 Points (8%)
554 Points (3%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
159 Points (44%)
202 Points (56%)
158 Points (44%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
100%
1 i5-7500 +
6.9 Points (9%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
100%
1 i5-7500 +
1.8 Points (43%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
100%
1 i5-7500 +
306 s (4%)
318.9 s (4%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
100%
1 i5-7500 +
9.7 s (2%)
10.2 s (2%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
100%
1 i5-7500 +
2979 Points (5%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multi Thread 4 runs
38281 MIPS (22%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
4740 MIPS (56%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
100%
1 i5-7500 +
39.5 fps (13%)
36 fps (12%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
100%
1 i5-7500 +
181.6 fps (42%)
182 fps (42%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
10 fps (18%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
100%
1 i5-7500 +
0.3 GB/s (9%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
100%
1 i5-7500 +
0.5 GB/s (9%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
100%
1 i5-7500 +
3.2 GB/s (8%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
677 Seconds (9%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
392 Seconds (3%)
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
0.6 sec (13%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
100%
1 i5-7500 +
7247 Points (15%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
100%
1 i5-7500 +
9 s (2%)
9.9 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
100%
1 i5-7500 +
22 s (1%)
25.6 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
100%
1 i5-7500 +
569 s (3%)
524 s (2%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
6268 Points (15%)
10897 Points (27%)
6583 Points (16%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
52071 Points (42%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
51726 Points (42%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
100%
1 i5-7500 +
60021 Points (50%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
5324 Points (13%)
11092 Points (28%)
5243 Points (13%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
7619 Points (14%)
17242 Points (31%)
7343 Points (13%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
5436 Points (23%)
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 Single-Core
1765 Points (44%)
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 Multi-Core
6723 Points (26%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
1318 Points (52%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
5955 Points (11%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
1 i5-7500 +
1336 ms (2%)
702 ms (1%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
1 i5-7500 +
76.3 ms (1%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
100%
1 i5-7500 +
32122 Points (24%)
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
192.4 Points (53%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
250 Points (45%)
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
1196 Points (45%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
39.5 Watt (7%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
35.2 Watt (6%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
4.5 Watt (3%)
Power Consumption - Power Efficiency - Cinebench R15 Multi external Monitor
36.4 Points per Watt (27%)

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-7500 → 100% n=5

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 5560U → 191% n=5

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-7440HQ → 99% n=5

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