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Intel Core i7 5500U

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Benchmarks Real world tests of Core i7 5500U vs 4720HQ

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

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

 Core i7 5500U  vs
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  vs
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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