Intel Core i7 5500U vs 4720HQ

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Intel Core i7 5500U

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Intel Core i7 5500U

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CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the 5500U vs the 4720HQ.

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Intel Core i7 4720HQ

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CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the 4720HQ vs the 5500U.

CompuBench 1.5 (Bitcoin mining) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i7 5500U

28.16 mHash/s

Core i7 4720HQ

15.5 mHash/s

CompuBench 1.5 (T-Rex) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i7 5500U

1.2 fps

Core i7 4720HQ

-1 fps

PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i7 5500U

2,816

Core i7 4720HQ

3,161

Sky Diver Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i7 5500U

2,740

Core i7 4720HQ

3,097

Cloud Gate Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i7 5500U

5,320

Core i7 4720HQ

6,792

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 5500U

5,775

Core i7 4720HQ

12,250

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 5500U

2,743

Core i7 4720HQ

3,216

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 5500U

3,570,000 MB/s

Core i7 4720HQ

4,085,000 MB/s

summary	Core i7 5500U	4720HQ
Clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.6 GHz
Turbo clock speed	3 GHz	3.6 GHz
Cores	Dual core	Quad 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	47W
Annual home energy cost	3.61 $/year	11.32 $/year
Performance per watt	46.04 pt/W	17.09 pt/W
Typical power consumption	12.19W	38.19W
bus
Architecture	DMI 2.0	DMI 2.0
Number of links	1	1
Transfer rate	5,000 MT/s	5,000 MT/s

details	Core i7 5500U	4720HQ
Architecture	x86-64	x86-64
Threads	4	8
L2 cache	0.5 MB	1 MB
L2 cache per core	0.25 MB/core	0.25 MB/core
L3 cache	4 MB	6 MB
L3 cache per core	2 MB/core	1.5 MB/core
Manufacture process	14 nm	22 nm
Max CPUs	1	1
overclocking
Overclocked clock speed	2.92 GHz	3.54 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	2.4 GHz	2.6 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	2.92 GHz	3.54 GHz
integrated graphics
GPU	GPU	GPU
Label	Intel® HD Graphics 5500	Intel® HD Graphics 4600
Number of displays supported	3	3
GPU clock speed	300 MHz	400 MHz
Turbo clock speed	950 MHz	1,200 MHz
memory controller
Memory controller	Built-in	Built-in
Memory type
DDR3-1600
DDR3
Channels	Dual Channel	Dual Channel
Maximum bandwidth	25,600 MB/s	12,800 MB/s
Maximum memory size	16,384 MB	32,768 MB

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