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Intel Core i7 5600U

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Benchmarks Real world tests of Core i7 5600U vs 4600U

CompuBench 1.5 (Bitcoin mining) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i7 5600U
27.99 mHash/s
Core i7 4600U
6.36 mHash/s

CompuBench 1.5 (T-Rex) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i7 5600U
1.02 fps
Core i7 4600U
0.88 fps

PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i7 5600U
2,999
Core i7 4600U
2,368

Sky Diver Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i7 5600U
2,415
Core i7 4600U
2,387

Cloud Gate Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i7 5600U
4,785
Core i7 4600U
4,351

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 5600U
6,079
Core i7 4600U
5,506

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 5600U
3,024
Core i7 4600U
2,854

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 5600U
3,825,000 MB/s
Core i7 4600U
3,600,000 MB/s

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

 Core i7 5600U  vs
4600U 
Clock speed 2.6 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo clock speed 3.2 GHz 3.3 GHz
Cores Dual core Dual core
Is unlocked No No

features
Has a NX bit Yes Yes
Supports trusted computing Yes Yes
Has virtualization support Yes Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE2
MMX
SSE4
AVX
SSE3
EM64T
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
Performance per watt 49.47 pt/W 44.17 pt/W
Typical power consumption 12.19W 12.19W

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 5600U  vs
4600U 
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 4 MB
L3 cache per core 2 MB/core 2 MB/core
Manufacture process 14 nm 22 nm
Max CPUs 1 1

overclocking
Overclocked clock speed 3.22 GHz 3.25 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water) 2.6 GHz 2.1 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.22 GHz 3.25 GHz

integrated graphics
GPU GPU GPU
Label Intel® HD Graphics 5500 HD 4400
Number of displays supported 3 3
GPU clock speed 300 MHz 200 MHz
Turbo clock speed 950 MHz 1,100 MHz

memory controller
Memory controller Built-in Built-in
Memory type
DDR3-1600
DDR3L-1600
DDR3L-1333
LPDDR3-1333
DDR3
LPDDR3-1600
Channels Dual Channel Dual Channel
Maximum bandwidth 25,600 MB/s 25,600 MB/s
Maximum memory size 16,384 MB 16,384 MB
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