Intel Core i5-7400 vs Intel Core i7-7600U. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 7000 Intel Core i 7000U
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Intel Core i7
• Generation
  7 7
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i5-6400 -
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Successor
  Intel Core i5-8400 -

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

• Base Frequency
  3 GHz 2.8 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.5 GHz 3.9 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3.3 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  - 3.9 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.

• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Execution units
  24 24
• Generation
  9.5 9.5
• GPU Frequency
  350 MHz 300 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 630 Intel HD Graphics 620
• GPU Turbo
  1000 MHz 1150 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 32 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q2/2016
• Shader
  192 192
• Technology
  14 nm 14 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)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-7600U and Intel Core i5-7400. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 DDR4-2133 SO-DIMM
• PCIe lanes
  16 12
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-7400 and Intel Core i7-7600U 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)
  65 W 15 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-7400 and Intel Core i7-7600U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Kaby Lake S Kaby Lake U
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  6 MB 4 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2017 Q4/2016
• Socket
  LGA 1151 BGA 1356
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d