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Intel Core i5-7600K vs Intel Xeon E3-1535M v6 vs Intel Core i3-7130U

Intel Core i5-7600K

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The Intel Core i5-7600K 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 Core i5 series at the time of the announcement. The i5 does not support HyperThreading (4 threads only) and runs from 3.8 (base speed) up to 4.2 GHz. As a K-model, the i5-7600K offers an open multiplicator for overclocking.

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 i5-7600K is about 10 percent above the predecessor Core i5-6600K, thanks to clock speed increases and long hold Turbo Boost clocks. Matching clock speed, there is no speed improvement from Skylake. The old top model Core i7-4790K however is still slightly faster.

More information with gaming benchmarks and power measurements can be found in our AMD Ryzen 7 versus Intel CPUs review (upcoming).

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.

Intel Xeon E3-1535M v6

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The Intel Xeon E3-1535M v6 is a fast quad-core processor for workstation notebooks based on the Kaby Lake architecture and was announced in January 2017. It is the top model of the mobile Kaby-Lake-H series at the time of the announcement. Besides four cores including Hyper-Threading support running at 3.1 - 4.2 GHz (4 cores up to 3.9 GHz, 2 cores up to 4.1 GHz), the processor is also equipped with the professional HD Graphics P630 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

The performance is a bit higher compared to the fastest Kaby Lake consumer CPU, the Intel Core i7-7920HQ, thanks to slightly higher Turbo clocks (100 - 200 MHz), so it is the fastest mobile consumer processor in the beginning of 2017. The performance is sufficient even for very demanding tasks and on par with powerful desktop quad-core processors.

Graphics

The integrated professional Intel HD Graphics P630 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. It offers certified drivers for 15 professional and CAD applications.

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.

Intel Core i3-7130U

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The Intel Core i3-7130U is a dual-core processor of the Kaby-Lake architecture. It offers two CPU cores clocked at 2.7 GHz (without Turbo Boost) and integrates HyperThreading to work with up to 4 threads at once. The architectural differences are rather small compared to the Skylake generation, therefore the performance per MHz should be very similar. The SoC includes a dual channel DDR4 memory controller and Intel HD Graphics 620 graphics adapter (clocked at 300 MHz to 1,000 MHz). It is manufactured on improved 14 nm Intel process with FinFETs.

Performance

The average 7130U in our database only just matches the Core i5-4310U, a dual-core CPU of similar energy efficiency that launched in 2014, in multi-thread performance. While not as horribly slow as most N-class Intel chips, this Core i3 is unlikely to make a power user happy.

Your mileage may vary depending on how competent the cooling solution of your system is, and how high the CPU power limits are.

Power consumption

This Core i3 series chip has a default TDP, also known as the long-term power limit, of 15 W. Laptop makers are allowed to significantly reduce that value (7.5 W being the lower limit) resulting in lower clock speeds and lower performance.

Last but not the least, the i3-7130U is manufactured on one of the old 14 nm Intel processes for subpar, as of early 2023, energy efficiency.

ModelIntel Core i5-7600KIntel Xeon E3-1535M v6Intel Core i3-7130U
SeriesIntel Kaby LakeIntel Kaby LakeIntel Kaby Lake
CodenameKaby LakeKaby LakeKaby Lake-U
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 i5-7600K « 3.8 - 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 v6 « 3.1 - 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
Clock3800 - 4200 MHz3100 - 4200 MHz2700 MHz
L1 Cache256 KB256 KB128 KB
L2 Cache1 MB1 MB512 KB
L3 Cache8 MB8 MB3 MB
Cores / Threads4 / 44 / 82 / 4
TDP91 Watt45 Watt15 Watt
Technology14 nm14 nm14 nm
SocketFCLGA1151BGA1356
FeaturesDDR3(L)-1600/DDR4-2400 Memory Controller, AVX, AVX2, AES-NI, TSX-NI, Quick Sync, Virtualization, vProDual-Channel DDR4 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NI, SIPP, vPro, TXTDDR3L-1600/LPDDR3-1866/DDR4-2133 RAM, PCIe 3, 4 GT/s bus, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, MPX, EIST, TM1, TM2, Hyper-Threading, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SGX
iGPUIntel HD Graphics 630 (350 - 1150 MHz)Intel HD Graphics P630 (300 - 1150 MHz)Intel HD Graphics 620 (300 - 1000 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
$242 U.S.$623 U.S.
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comark.intel.com
max. Temp.100 °C100 °C

Benchmarks

Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 660     avg: 674     median: 674 (4%)     max: 688 Points
min: 675     avg: 784     median: 806 (5%)     max: 848 Points
284 Points (2%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 168     avg: 179.5     median: 179.5 (54%)     max: 191 Points
min: 171     avg: 175.3     median: 175.5 (53%)     max: 179 Points
111 Points (33%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 7.67     avg: 7.9     median: 7.9 (10%)     max: 8.07 Points
7.5 Points (10%)
3.1 Points (4%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 1.98     avg: 2     median: 2 (50%)     max: 2.05 Points
1.9 Points (48%)
1.3 Points (32%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 6730     avg: 6814     median: 6814 (41%)     max: 6898 Points
6426 Points (39%)
4338 Points (26%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 23585     avg: 24179     median: 24179 (18%)     max: 24773 Points
20729 Points (15%)
9828 Points (7%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
28617 Points (20%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
8325 Points (10%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
min: 253.6     avg: 256.6     median: 256.6 (3%)     max: 259.5 s
341.4 s (4%)
568 s (7%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
min: 8.3     avg: 8.5     median: 8.5 (2%)     max: 8.672 s
10.6 s (2%)
18 s (4%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
3570 Points (6%)
4363 Points (7%)
2250 Points (4%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
46.2 fps (16%)
39.8 fps (14%)
19 fps (7%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
223 fps (51%)
169.3 fps (39%)
100.2 fps (23%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 0.303     avg: 0.3     median: 0.3 (0%)     max: 0.367 GB/s
0.5 GB/s (0%)
0.2 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 0.534     avg: 0.6     median: 0.6 (10%)     max: 0.611 GB/s
0.8 GB/s (13%)
0.3 GB/s (5%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
min: 2.9     avg: 3.3     median: 3.3 (9%)     max: 3.7 GB/s
4.7 GB/s (12%)
1.7 GB/s (4%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
8532 Points (18%)
min: 7635     avg: 8228     median: 8227.5 (18%)     max: 8820 Points
3823 Points (8%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 8.74     avg: 8.8     median: 8.8 (2%)     max: 8.891 s
8.9 s (2%)
14.1 s (3%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 19.9     avg: 20.1     median: 20.1 (1%)     max: 20.22 s
20 s (1%)
47.1 s (2%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
min: 465     avg: 466.3     median: 466.3 (2%)     max: 467.5 s
496.9 s (2%)
744 s (3%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 25309     avg: 32892     median: 32892 (29%)     max: 40475 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
8381 Points (23%)
min: 7754     avg: 9618     median: 10501 (28%)     max: 10599 Points
3932 Points (11%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
65821 Points (53%)
min: 43269     avg: 51632     median: 55248 (45%)     max: 56380 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
66315 Points (54%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
69090 Points (58%)
58534 Points (49%)
36137 Points (30%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
5972 Points (15%)
min: 5705     avg: 8092     median: 8823.5 (22%)     max: 9016 Points
3090 Points (8%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 8839     avg: 9066     median: 9065.5 (16%)     max: 9292 Points
min: 9389     avg: 11581     median: 12217.5 (22%)     max: 12500 Points
4360 Points (8%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
4152 Points (18%)
min: 3208     avg: 4249     median: 4534.5 (19%)     max: 4719 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
3497 Points (35%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
6792 Points (8%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
5225 Points (71%)
3473 Points (47%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
15030 Points (37%)
6782 Points (17%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
14426 Points (23%)
14022 Points (22%)
6279 Points (10%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
4455 Points (67%)
3878 Points (58%)
2972 Points (45%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
13561 Points (24%)
6047 Points (11%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
3695 Points (72%)
2829 Points (55%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
8776 Points (71%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
7335 Points (67%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
6043 Points (12%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
5967 Points (12%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
6548 Points (17%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
818 ms (1%)
min: 862     avg: 870     median: 871 (1%)     max: 878 ms
1682 ms (2%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
56.9 ms (1%)
117.7 ms (1%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 41579     avg: 42725     median: 42224 (38%)     max: 44371 Points
21368 Points (19%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
124 Watt (21%)
min: 61.2     avg: 73     median: 73 (13%)     max: 84.7 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
98 Watt (18%)
min: 63.3     avg: 70.6     median: 70.6 (13%)     max: 77.9 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
7 Points per Watt (5%)
min: 10.3     avg: 10.5     median: 10.5 (8%)     max: 10.7 Points per Watt

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-7600K → 100% n=25

Average Benchmarks Intel Xeon E3-1535M v6 → 106% n=25

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i3-7130U → 62% n=25

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