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Intel Core i7-7700 vs Intel Core i7-7700K vs Intel Core i3-7130U

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 i7-7700K

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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.

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 i7-7700Intel Core i7-7700KIntel 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 i7-7700 « 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 i7-7700K « 4.2 - 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 i7-7660U2.5 - 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
Clock3600 - 4200 MHz4200 - 4500 MHz2700 MHz
L1 Cache256 KB256 KB128 KB
L2 Cache1 MB1 MB512 KB
L3 Cache8 MB8 MB3 MB
Cores / Threads4 / 84 / 82 / 4
TDP65 Watt91 Watt15 Watt
Technology14 nm14 nm14 nm
SocketFCLGA1151FCLGA1151BGA1356
FeaturesDDR3(L)-1600/DDR4-2400 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, AES-NI, TSX-NI, Quick Sync, Virtualization, vProDDR3(L)-1600/DDR4-2400 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, AES-NI, TSX-NI, Quick Sync, Virtualization, vProDDR3L-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 630 (350 - 1150 MHz)Intel HD Graphics 620 (300 - 1000 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
$303 U.S.$339 U.S.
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comark.intel.com
max. Temp.100 °C

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: 836     avg: 861     median: 857 (5%)     max: 889 Points
min: 897     avg: 940     median: 938.5 (6%)     max: 984 Points
284 Points (2%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 153     avg: 171.3     median: 178 (54%)     max: 183 Points
min: 190     avg: 192.3     median: 192.5 (58%)     max: 194 Points
111 Points (33%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
9.5 Points (12%)
min: 9.78     avg: 10.4     median: 10.4 (13%)     max: 10.91 Points
3.1 Points (4%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
2 Points (50%)
min: 2.18     avg: 2.2     median: 2.2 (54%)     max: 2.2 Points
1.3 Points (32%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 7222     avg: 7305     median: 7304.5 (44%)     max: 7387 Points
4338 Points (26%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 28189     avg: 28903     median: 28903 (21%)     max: 29617 Points
9828 Points (7%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
210.1 s (2%)
min: 169.8     avg: 173.1     median: 173.1 (2%)     max: 176.3 s
568 s (7%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
6.7 s (1%)
min: 5.5     avg: 5.6     median: 5.6 (1%)     max: 5.615 s
18 s (4%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
5823 Points (9%)
2250 Points (4%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
49 fps (17%)
61.6 fps (22%)
19 fps (7%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
181 fps (42%)
230 fps (53%)
100.2 fps (23%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 0.54     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (0%)     max: 0.554 GB/s
0.2 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 0.919     avg: 0.9     median: 0.9 (16%)     max: 0.939 GB/s
0.3 GB/s (5%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
min: 5.4     avg: 5.5     median: 5.5 (14%)     max: 5.5 GB/s
1.7 GB/s (4%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
10156 Points (22%)
3823 Points (8%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
10.2 s (2%)
min: 8.11     avg: 8.2     median: 8.2 (2%)     max: 8.22 s
14.1 s (3%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
22.9 s (1%)
min: 18.3     avg: 18.4     median: 18.4 (1%)     max: 18.41 s
47.1 s (2%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
556 s (2%)
440 s (2%)
744 s (3%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 10706     avg: 10740     median: 10739.5 (29%)     max: 10773 Points
min: 9975     avg: 11450     median: 11813 (32%)     max: 12026 Points
3932 Points (11%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
100%
1 i7-7700 +
min: 54177     avg: 57570     median: 57569.5 (47%)     max: 60962 Points
min: 64424     avg: 65351     median: 65408 (53%)     max: 66220 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
100%
1 i7-7700 +
53710 Points (44%)
66177 Points (54%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
67714 Points (57%)
36137 Points (30%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 8301     avg: 8650     median: 8650 (22%)     max: 8999 Points
min: 9230     avg: 9587     median: 9558 (24%)     max: 9974 Points
3090 Points (8%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 11520     avg: 12081     median: 12081 (22%)     max: 12642 Points
min: 13137     avg: 13702     median: 13672.5 (24%)     max: 14325 Points
4360 Points (8%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 5276     avg: 5383     median: 5383 (23%)     max: 5490 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
5480 Points (75%)
3473 Points (47%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
17800 Points (43%)
6782 Points (17%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
18800 Points (29%)
6279 Points (10%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
4700 Points (70%)
2972 Points (45%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
6047 Points (11%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
2829 Points (55%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
12169 Points (98%)
8776 Points (71%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
10472 Points (95%)
7335 Points (67%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
17576 Points (34%)
6043 Points (12%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
17183 Points (35%)
5967 Points (12%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
15476 Points (40%)
6548 Points (17%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
769 ms (1%)
1682 ms (2%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
52 ms (1%)
117.7 ms (1%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
21368 Points (19%)
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 i7-7700 → 100% n=14

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-7700K → 109% n=14

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i3-7130U → 63% n=14

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