Intel Core i7-7660U

The Intel Core i7-7660U operates with:

CPU Cores 2.

CPU Threads: 4.

Performance-enhancing, system-enhancing technology that works faster and saves battery with:

Turbo: 4.00 GHz base 3.80 GHz all cores.

TDP: 15 W.

The processor is attached to:

CPU socket: BGA 1356.

This version includes

4.00 MB of L3 cache on one chip

Supports 2 memory channels to support DDR4-2133 SO-DIMM RAM and features 3.0 PCIe Gen 12 lanes.

Tjunction keeps below -- degrees C.

In particular, Kaby Lake U Architecture is enhanced with:

Technology: 14 nm

Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d.

The product was released on Q4/2016.

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CPU generation and family

Name:

Intel Core i7-7660U

Family:

Intel Core i7

CPU group:

Intel Core i 7000U

Predecessor:

Segment:

Mobile

Generation:

Successor:

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Frequency:

2.50 GHz

Turbo (1 Core):

4.00 GHz

Turbo (64 Cores)::

Hyperthreading:

Yes

Core architecture:

normal

CPU Cores:

CPU Threads:

Overclocking:

Memory & PCIe

Memory type:

DDR4-2133 SO-DIMM

PCIe version:

3.0

Memory channels:

PCIe version:

3.0

PCIe lanes:

Encryption

AES-NI:

Yes

Internal Graphics

Memory type:

DDR4-2133 SO-DIMM

GPU name:

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640

GPU frequency:

0.30 GHz

GPU (Turbo):

1.05 GHz

Generation:

DirectX Version:

Execution units:

Shader:

384

Max memory:

Max. displays:

Technology:

14 nm

Release date:

Q2/2016

Technical details

Instruction set (ISA):

x86-64 (64 bit)

Architecture:

Kaby Lake U

L2-Cache:

Virtualization:

VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

L3-Cache:

4.00 MB

Release date:

Q4/2016

Socket:

BGA 1356

Thermal Management

TDP (PL1):

15 W

TDP (PL2):

TDP Up:

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

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Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

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Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

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Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

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Intel Core i7-7660U 906 (48%)

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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

AMD FX-6350 2091 (5%)

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Intel Core i7-7660U 2088 (5%)

AMD FX-8120 2085 (5%)

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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

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Intel Core i7-7660U 4240 (61%)

Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 4240 (61%)

Intel Core i5-8300H 4235 (61%)

Intel Xeon Platinum 8176 4235 (61%)

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 3 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)

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