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Intel Core i7 5500U

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Much better performance per watt 46.04 pt/W vs 10.6 pt/W More than 4.2x better performance per watt
Much better performance per dollar 1.76 pt/$ vs 0.57 pt/$ More than 3x better performance per dollar
Much better 3DMark06 CPU score 45.5 vs 44.9 Almost the same
Slightly higher turbo clock speed 3 GHz vs 2.8 GHz More than 5% higher turbo clock speed
More l3 cache per core 2 MB/core vs 1.5 MB/core Around 35% more l3 cache per core
Better CompuBench 1.5 video composition score 11.87 fps vs 9.11 fps More than 30% better CompuBench 1.5 video composition score
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Better turbo clock speed 1,000 MHz vs 950 MHz More than 5% better turbo clock speed
Newer Jul, 2015 vs Jan, 2015 Release date 6 months later
Better overclocked clock speed (Water) 2.8 GHz vs 2.4 GHz More than 15% better overclocked clock speed (Water)

Benchmarks Real world tests of Core i7 5500U vs i5 6200U

CompuBench 1.5 (Bitcoin mining) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i7 5500U
28.16 mHash/s
Core i5 6200U
26.65 mHash/s

CompuBench 1.5 (Face detection)

Core i7 5500U
17.47 mPixels/s
Core i5 6200U
-1 mPixels/s

CompuBench 1.5 (T-Rex) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i7 5500U
1.2 fps
Core i5 6200U
1.17 fps

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 5500U
5,775
Core i5 6200U
5,551

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 5500U
2,743
Core i5 6200U
2,583

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 5500U
3,570,000 MB/s
Core i5 6200U
3,610 MB/s

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Core i7 5500U
4,002
Core i5 6200U
3,984

PassMark (Single Core)

Core i7 5500U
1,563
Core i5 6200U
1,500

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

 Core i7 5500U  vs
i5 6200U 
Clock speed 2.4 GHz 2.3 GHz
Turbo clock speed 3 GHz 2.8 GHz
Cores Dual core Dual core
Is unlocked No No

features
Has a NX bit Yes Yes
Supports trusted computing No No
Has virtualization support Yes Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE2
MMX
SSE4
AVX
SSE3
SSE
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
Supplemental SSE3
AES
AVX 2.0
Supports dynamic frequency scaling Yes Yes

power consumption
TDP 15W 15W
Annual home energy cost 3.61 $/year 3.61 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost 13.14 $/year 13.14 $/year
Performance per watt 46.04 pt/W 10.6 pt/W
Typical power consumption 12.19W 12.19W

bus
Architecture DMI 2.0 FSB
Number of links 1 1
Transfer rate 5,000 MT/s 4,000 MT/s

details

 Core i7 5500U  vs
i5 6200U 
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Threads 4 4
L2 cache 0.5 MB 0.5 MB
L2 cache per core 0.25 MB/core 0.25 MB/core
L3 cache 4 MB 3 MB
L3 cache per core 2 MB/core 1.5 MB/core
Manufacture process 14 nm 14 nm
Max CPUs 1 1

overclocking
Overclocked clock speed 2.92 GHz 2.8 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water) 2.4 GHz 2.8 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air) 2.92 GHz 2.8 GHz

integrated graphics
GPU GPU GPU
Label Intel® HD Graphics 5500 Intel® HD Graphics 520
Number of displays supported 3 3
GPU clock speed 300 MHz 300 MHz
Turbo clock speed 950 MHz 1,000 MHz

memory controller
Memory controller Built-in Built-in
Memory type
DDR3-1600
DDR3L-1600
DDR3
Channels Dual Channel Dual Channel
Maximum bandwidth 25,600 MB/s 25,600 MB/s
Maximum memory size 16,384 MB 32,768 MB
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