Intel Core i7-5600U vs Intel Celeron G1620. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 5000U Intel Celeron G1000
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Intel Celeron
• Generation
  5 3
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server

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

• Base Frequency
  2.6 GHz 2.7 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• CPU Threads
  4 2
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.2 GHz No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  3.1 GHz No turbo

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

• DirectX Version
  11.2 11.0
• Execution units
  24 6
• Generation
  8 7
• GPU Frequency
  300 MHz 650 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 5500 Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1)
• GPU Turbo
  950 MHz 1050 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB -
• Release date
  Q1/2015 Q4/2012
• Shader
  192 48
• Technology
  14 nm 22 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Celeron G1620 and Intel Core i7-5600U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 DDR3-1333
• PCIe lanes
  12 16
• PCIe version
  2.0 2.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-5600U and Intel Celeron G1620 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 55 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-5600U and Intel Celeron G1620, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Broadwell U Ivy Bridge S
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L3-Cache
  4 MB 2 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2015 Q1/2013
• Socket
  BGA 1168 LGA 1155
• Technology
  14 nm 22 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d