UserBenchmark: Intel Core i5-7500 vs i7-920

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Best Bench: 78% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 45% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)

Poor: 45% Great: 78%

SPEED RANK: 474^th / 1455

Gaming 67%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 50%

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Best Bench: 72% Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 46% Base clock 1.6 GHz, turbo 0.95 GHz (avg)

Poor: 46% Great: 72%

SPEED RANK: 568^th / 1455

Gaming 62%

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 46%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		66.8 %	Slightly faster effective speed. +8%		61.6 %


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	78.4 Pts		84.9 Pts	Slightly lower memory latency. +8%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	100 Pts	Much faster single-core speed. +55%	64.7 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	199 Pts	Much faster dual-core speed. +60%	124 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	316 Pts	Much faster quad-core speed. +50%	211 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	337 Pts	Faster octa-core speed. +13%	298 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	92 Pts		94.7 Pts	+3%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	112 Pts	Much faster OC single-core speed. +32%	84.8 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	222 Pts	Much faster OC dual-core speed. +38%	161 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	395 Pts	Much faster OC quad-core speed. +42%	279 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	407 Pts	+5%	388 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.41 %	Hugely higher market share. +925%	0.04 %
Value Value For Money	92.2 %	Slightly better value. +10%	83.9 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	57 %	Slightly more popular. +6%	54 %
Price Price (score)	$86	+4%	$90


Age Newest	89 Months	Much more recent. +53%	189 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +50%	130 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	4 cores		4 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	4 threads		8 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +100%
Lithography Manufacturing process	14 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +69%	45 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.4 GHz	Faster base frequency. +28%	2.66 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.8 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +30%	2.93 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	408 Pts	+2%	399 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	340 Pts	Faster 64-core speed. +11%	306 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Kaby Lake	Nehalem
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1151	LGA1366
Graphics Integrated Graphics	HD 630	None
Launch Date Launch Date	Q1'17	Q4'08
Cache Cache	6 MB	8 MB SmartCache
Instruction Set Extensions Instruction Set Extensions	SSE4.1/4.2, AVX 2.0	SSE4.2
Lithography Lithography	14 nm	45 nm
Recommended Price Recommended Customer Price	$192.00 - $202.00	$305.00
Max Turbo Frequency Max Turbo Frequency	3.80 GHz	2.93 GHz
Bus Speed Bus Speed	8 GT/s DMI3	4.8 GT/s QPI
QPI Links # of QPI Links	0	1
Max Memory Size Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)	64 GB	24 GB
Memory Types Memory Types	DDR4-2133/2400, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V	DDR3 800/1066
Memory Channels Max # of Memory Channels	2	3
Package Size Package Size	37.5mm x 37.5mm	42.5mm x 45.0mm
Thermal Monitoring Technologies Thermal Monitoring Technologies	Yes	No
Turbo Boost Tech Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡	2.0	1.0
AES New Instructions Intel® AES New Instructions	Yes	No
Trusted Execution Tech Intel® Trusted Execution Technology ‡	Yes	No
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The Core i5-7500 is not due for release until January 2017 but one of our users has submitted benchmarks for it already. We only have one sample so these benchmark results are obviously preliminary. Comparing the 7500 and 6500 shows that average effective speed is up by an impressive 15%. Although price details are not yet available the i5-7500 is likely to cost around $210 which would be in line with the prices for previous generations of this i5. We will revisit this summary when we have more samples. ^{[Oct '16 CPUPro]}

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The Intel Core i7-920 is five and a half years old which puts it at an enormous disadvantage to more modern processors. The 920 sports four cores and eight threads which is the same basic configuration that Intel still uses in the majority of their i7s. Comparing the 920 to the 4770K, its modern day equivalent, shows that 920 lags by 63% at stock speeds and by 44% when both processors are overclocked. Overclocking improves the 920 by 30% vs just 17% for the 4770K. Aside from approximately 50% more calculation throughput the 4770K offers lower power consumption, compatibility with Intel's latest FCLGA1150 platform, on-board graphics and newer CPU instructions. Owners of the 920 should probably consider upgrading not only to improve system response times but also to take advantage of the newer platform. ^{[Mar '14 CPUPro]}

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