Intel Core i9-7980XE vs Intel Core i5-7Y54. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core i9 Intel Core M
• Generation
  7 7
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 7000X Intel Core i 7Y

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  2.60 GHz 1.20 GHz
• CPU Cores
  18 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.20 GHz 3.20 GHz
• CPU Threads
  36 4
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

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
  no iGPU Intel HD Graphics 615
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 0.95 GHz
• Execution units
  24
• Shader
  192
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 16 GB
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  9.5
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  14nm
• Release date
  Q2/2016

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h264
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-7Y54 and Intel Core i9-7980XE. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2666 DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMMLPDDR3-1866
• Max. Memory
  16 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  4 2
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  44 10

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i9-7980XE and Intel Core i5-7Y54 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  165 W 4.5 W
• TDP up
  -- 7 W
• TDP down
  -- 3.5 W
• Tjunction max.
  -- 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i9-7980XE and Intel Core i9-7980XE, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  25.00 MB 4.00 MB
• Architecture
  Skylake X Kaby Lake Y
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  LGA 2066 BGA 1515
• Release date
  Q4/2017 Q4/2016