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Intel Core m3-7Y32 vs Intel Core i3-7130U vs Intel Core i7-7600U

Intel Core m3-7Y32

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The Intel Core m3-7Y32 is a very efficient dual-core SoC for tablets and passively cooled notebooks based on the Kaby Lake architecture and was announced early 2017. It is the more or less the successor to the in 2016 introduced Core m3-7Y30 that offers 400 MHz less Turbo Boost clock speed. Thanks to Hyper Threading, the processor can execute up to four threads simultaneously. The chips also includes the Intel HD Graphics 615 GPU, a dual-channel memory controller (DDR3L/LPDDR3) as well as VP9 and H.265 video de- and encoder. It is still produced in a 14 nm process with FinFET transistors. 

Architecture

Intel basically used the familiar micro architecture from the Skylake generation, so the per-MHz performance is identical. Only the Speed-Shift technology for faster dynamic adjustments of the voltages and clocks was improved, and the matured 14 nm process now also enables much higher frequencies and better efficiency than before. 

Performance

Since Intel basically removed the Core m5 and Core m7 series or included them into the higher i5 and i7 series, respectively, the m3-7Y32 is officially the last Core-m chip (together with the former m3-7Y30). Thanks to its high Turbo clock, the 7Y32 can sometimes keep up with the 15 Watt models for short peak load and single-thread scenarios, but the clocks will drop significantly under sustained workloads. The CPU is still suitable for many more demanding applications as well as multitasking. Thanks to the improved efficiency, the CPU can often even beat the Core m5 and m7 siblings from the previous Skylake generation.

Graphics

The integrated Intel HD Graphics 615 GPU has 24 Execution Units (EUs) like the old HD Graphics 515 and runs with clocks between 300 and 900 MHz in combination with this processor. The performance heavily depends on the TDP limit as well as the memory configuration; with fast LPDDR3-1866 RAM in dual-channel mode, the GPU should sometimes be able to compete with the HD Graphics 520, but can also be much slower in other scenarios. Modern games from 2016 will, if at all, only run smoothly in the lowest settings.

Contrary to Skylake, Kaby Lake now also supports hardware decoding for H.265/HEVC Main10 with a 10-bit color depth as well as Google's VP9 codec.

Power Consumption

The chip is manufactured in an improved 14 nm process with FinFET transistors, so the power efficiency was once again improved significantly. The typical TDP for the Y-series is specified at 4.5 Watts, and can be adjusted in both directions depending on the usage scenario.

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.

Intel Core i7-7600U

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The Intel Core i7-7600U is a fast dual-core processor for notebooks based on the Kaby Lake architecture and was announced in January 2017. It integrates 2 CPU cores with Hyper-Threading support clocked at 2.8 - 3.9 GHz (2 core Turbo also 3.9 GHz). Besides two cores, the processor is also equipped with the HD Graphics 620 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

With 2.5 to 3.9 GHz, the Core i7-7600U clocks significantly higher than the old Core i7-6500U (2.5 - 3.1). That means, the i7-7600U is (at the time of announcement in beginning of 2017) the fastest dual core processor for laptops. The performance is sufficient for demanding tasks (except some games that may need four real cores).

Graphics

The integrated Intel HD Graphics 620 has 24 Execution Units (similar to previous HD Graphics 520) running at 300 - 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 even further. Intel still specifies the TDP with 15 Watts, but it can also be reduced to 7.5 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 m3-7Y32Intel Core i3-7130UIntel Core i7-7600U
SeriesIntel Kaby LakeIntel Kaby LakeIntel Kaby Lake
CodenameKaby LakeKaby Lake-UKaby 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 i5-75003.4 - 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 m3-7Y32 « 1 - 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 i7-7660U2.5 - 4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7600U « 2.8 - 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
Clock1000 - 3000 MHz2700 MHz2800 - 3900 MHz
L1 Cache128 KB128 KB128 KB
L2 Cache512 KB512 KB512 KB
L3 Cache4 MB3 MB4 MB
Cores / Threads2 / 42 / 42 / 4
TDP4.5 Watt15 Watt15 Watt
Technology14 nm14 nm14 nm
max. Temp.100 °C100 °C100 °C
SocketBGABGA1356BGA1356
FeaturesDual-Channel DDR3L-1600/LPDDR3-1866 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NI, 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, SGXDual-Channel DDR4 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NI
iGPUIntel HD Graphics 615 (300 - 900 MHz)Intel HD Graphics 620 (300 - 1000 MHz)Intel HD Graphics 620 (300 - 1150 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
$281 U.S.$393 U.S.
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
100%
1 m3-7Y32 +
1293 Points (1%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
100%
1 m3-7Y32 +
637 Points (27%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
265 Points (2%)
284 Points (2%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
120 Points (36%)
111 Points (33%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
3.1 Points (4%)
min: 3.62     avg: 3.9     median: 3.9 (5%)     max: 4.16 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
1.3 Points (32%)
min: 1.48     avg: 1.8     median: 1.9 (46%)     max: 1.87 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
4338 Points (26%)
min: 5145     avg: 6096     median: 6253 (38%)     max: 6316 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
9828 Points (7%)
min: 11324     avg: 12622     median: 12482 (9%)     max: 15012 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
16430 Points (11%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
8145 Points (10%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
568 s (7%)
min: 436.1     avg: 486.3     median: 480.5 (6%)     max: 556 s
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
18 s (4%)
min: 12.1     avg: 15     median: 13.7 (3%)     max: 19.9 s
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
2250 Points (4%)
min: 2333     avg: 2681     median: 2686 (4%)     max: 2976 Points
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
19 fps (7%)
min: 19.51     avg: 22.4     median: 22.7 (8%)     max: 23.77 fps
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
100.2 fps (23%)
min: 105     avg: 119.6     median: 121.1 (28%)     max: 130.1 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
0.2 GB/s (0%)
min: 0.238     avg: 0.2     median: 0.2 (0%)     max: 0.248 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
0.3 GB/s (5%)
min: 0.4     avg: 0.4     median: 0.4 (7%)     max: 0.416 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
1.7 GB/s (4%)
min: 2.3     avg: 2.4     median: 2.4 (6%)     max: 2.4 GB/s
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
3823 Points (8%)
min: 4570     avg: 4714     median: 4720.5 (10%)     max: 4844 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
14.1 s (3%)
min: 9     avg: 10.2     median: 9.8 (2%)     max: 13.33 s
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
47.1 s (2%)
min: 22     avg: 23.5     median: 22.6 (1%)     max: 30.31 s
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
744 s (3%)
min: 506     avg: 552     median: 542.5 (2%)     max: 688 s
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
12748 Points (11%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
2747 Points (7%)
3932 Points (11%)
min: 1706     avg: 4360     median: 4575 (12%)     max: 5004 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 23959     avg: 38587     median: 40889.5 (33%)     max: 50904 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 28540     avg: 39426     median: 39313 (32%)     max: 48085 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
36137 Points (30%)
min: 45972     avg: 48807     median: 47780 (40%)     max: 52354 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
2606 Points (7%)
3090 Points (8%)
min: 3334     avg: 3727     median: 3768.5 (10%)     max: 4114 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
4360 Points (8%)
min: 4806     avg: 5372     median: 5430.5 (10%)     max: 5929 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
1937 Points (8%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 m3-7Y32 +
773 Points (33%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 m3-7Y32 +
1576 Points (3%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
3774 Points (38%)
3497 Points (35%)
4386 Points (44%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
6736 Points (8%)
6792 Points (8%)
8278 Points (9%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
3473 Points (47%)
4272 Points (58%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
6782 Points (17%)
7978 Points (19%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
6047 Points (11%)
min: 7427     avg: 7749     median: 7748.5 (14%)     max: 8070 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
2829 Points (55%)
min: 3486     avg: 3693     median: 3693 (72%)     max: 3900 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
6279 Points (10%)
8312 Points (13%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
2972 Points (45%)
4080 Points (61%)
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 *
1682 ms (2%)
min: 914     avg: 995     median: 944.5 (1%)     max: 1258 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
117.7 ms (1%)
min: 62.5     avg: 65.2     median: 64.3 (1%)     max: 69.8 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
21368 Points (19%)
min: 24529     avg: 35704     median: 37194.5 (33%)     max: 40798 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
42.3 Watt (7%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
35.4 Watt (6%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
10.7 Points per Watt (8%)

Average Benchmarks Intel Core m3-7Y32 → 100% n=6

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i3-7130U → 109% n=6

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-7600U → 136% n=6

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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
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