Intel Core i7-5500U vs Intel Core i7-8700K

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel BGA 1168 Intel Socket 1151
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 14 nm 14 nm
Transistors unknown unknown
Die size unknown 154 mm²
Package FC-BGA1168 FC-LGA1151
tCaseMax 105°C 72°C

Performance

Frequency 2.4 GHz 3.7 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3 GHz up to 4.7 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 24.0x 37.0x
Multiplier unlocked No Yes
TDP 15 W 95 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Mobile Desktop
Production status Active Active
Release date Mar 1st, 2015 Oct 5th, 2017
Codename Broadwell-U Coffee Lake
Generation Core i7 Core i7
Part unknown SR3QR
Memory support DDR3 DDR4-2666 MHz Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Cores

Total Cores 2 6
Total Threads 4 12
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics Intel HD 5500 UHD Graphics 630

Cache

Cache L1 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 256K (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 4MB (shared) 12MB (shared)

Notes

Notes Intel HD frequency: 300-950MHz This processor comes with an unlocked BCLK multiplier, allowing users to set the multiplier value higher than shipped value, to facilitate better overclocking.

Features & Technologies

64-bit Yes
ADX Yes
AES-NI Yes
AVX Yes
AVX2 Yes
BMI1 Yes
BMI2 Yes
Boost 2.0 Yes
CLMUL Yes
EIST Yes Yes
F16C Yes
FMA3 Yes
HTT Yes Yes
Intel 64 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
PREFETCHW Yes
RDSEED Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4.2 Yes Yes
SSSE3 Yes Yes
Smart Cache Yes
TSX Yes
TXT Yes
VT-d Yes
VT-x Yes Yes
XD bit Yes Yes

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