Intel Core i7 620M vs i5 560M

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Intel Core i7 620M

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GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 620M

4,227

Core i5 560M

4,086

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 620M

2,114

Core i5 560M

1,961

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 620M

1,530,000 MB/s

Core i5 560M

1,410,000 MB/s

GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 620M

3,945

Core i5 560M

3,916

GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 620M

4,529

Core i5 560M

4,456

GeekBench

Core i7 620M

5,568

Core i5 560M

6,037

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Core i7 620M

2,748

Core i5 560M

2,593

PassMark (Single Core)

Core i7 620M

1,211

Core i5 560M

1,196

summary	Core i7 620M	i5 560M
Clock speed	2.66 GHz	2.66 GHz
Turbo clock speed	3.33 GHz	3.2 GHz
Cores	Dual core	Dual core
Socket type
BGA 1288
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
SSE3
SSE
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
Supplemental SSE3
AES
Supports dynamic frequency scaling	Yes	Yes
power consumption
TDP	35W	35W
Annual home energy cost	8.43 $/year	8.43 $/year
Performance per watt	17.77 pt/W	16.48 pt/W
Typical power consumption	28.44W	28.44W
bus
Architecture	DMI	DMI
Number of links	1	1
Transfer rate	2,500 MT/s	2,500 MT/s

details	Core i7 620M	i5 560M
Architecture	x86-64	x86-64
Threads	4	4
L2 cache	0.5 MB	1 MB
L2 cache per core	0.25 MB/core	0.5 MB/core
L3 cache	4 MB	3 MB
L3 cache per core	2 MB/core	1.5 MB/core
Manufacture process	32 nm	32 nm
Transistor count	382,000,000	382,000,000
Max CPUs	1	1
Clock multiplier	20	20
overclocking
Overclocked clock speed	3.34 GHz	3.1 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	2.67 GHz	2.13 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	3.34 GHz	3.1 GHz
integrated graphics
GPU	GPU	GPU
Label	Intel® HD Graphics	Intel® HD Graphics
Number of displays supported	2	2
GPU clock speed	500 MHz	500 MHz
Turbo clock speed	766 MHz	766 MHz
memory controller
Memory controller	Built-in	Built-in
Memory type
DDR3-1066
DDR3-800
DDR3
Channels	Dual Channel	Dual Channel
Supports ECC	No	No
Maximum bandwidth	17,066.66 MB/s	17,066.66 MB/s
Maximum memory size	8,192 MB	8,192 MB

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