Intel Core i5-7640X vs Intel Core i5-6198DU. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 7000X Intel Core i 6000U
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Intel Core i5
• Generation
  7 6
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  4 GHz 2.3 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• CPU Threads
  8 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.2 GHz 2.8 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  4.2 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  - 2.7 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  None Intel HD Graphics 510
• Graphics verification source
  https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000027144/processors/intel-core-processors.html -
• DirectX Version
  - 12.0
• Execution units
  - 12
• Generation
  - 9
• GPU Frequency
  - 300 MHz
• GPU Turbo
  - 1000 MHz
• Max. displays
  - 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 32 GB
• Release date
  - Q1/2015
• Shader
  - 96
• Technology
  - 14 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode
• JPEG
  No Decode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-6198DU and Intel Core i5-7640X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  - 32 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2666 DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMMDDR4-2133 SO-DIMMLPDDR3-1866
• PCIe lanes
  16 12
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-7640X and Intel Core i5-6198DU Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  - 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  112 W 15 W
• TDP down
  - 7.5 W
• TDP up
  - 25 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-7640X and Intel Core i5-6198DU, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Skylake X Skylake U
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  6 MB 3 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2017 Q4/2015
• Socket
  LGA 2066 BGA 1356
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d