Intel Core i7-3537U vs Intel Core i7-4960HQ

Intel Core i7-3537U
Intel Core i7-4960HQ $657
2 Cores
4 Threads
2GHz Clock
4 Cores
8 Threads
2.6GHz Clock
Socket
BGA 1023
Socket
BGA 1364
iGPU
HD 4000 1200MHz
310 GFLOPS FP32
iGPU
Iris Pro 5200 1300MHz
830 GFLOPS FP32

GB6 Single-Core

  • 59% slower vs Core i7-4960HQ
  • 2.43x faster vs Core i7-3537U
Core i7-3537U - GB6S 480
x1
Core i7-4960HQ - GB6S 1,165
x2.43

GB6 Multi-Core

  • 75% slower vs Core i7-4960HQ
  • 4.04x faster vs Core i7-3537U
Core i7-3537U - GB6M 955
x1
Core i7-4960HQ - GB6M 3,860
x4.04
  • 64% lower vs Core i7-4960HQ
  • 176% higher vs Core i7-3537U
Core i7-3537U - 17W
x1
Core i7-4960HQ - 47W
x2.76
  • 63% slower vs Core i7-4960HQ
  • 2.68x faster vs Core i7-3537U
Core i7-3537U - 310 GFLOPS FP32
x1
Core i7-4960HQ - 830 GFLOPS FP32
x2.68
Manufacturer
Intel
Manufacturer
Intel
Architecture
Ivy Bridge
Architecture
Haswell
Family
Core 3rd Gen
Family
Core 4th Gen
Instruction Set (ISA)
x86-64
Instruction Set (ISA)
x86-64
Codename
Ivy Bridge
Ivy Bridge-H-2
Ivy Bridge-2C-GT2
Codename
Crystalwell
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Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
1/1/2013
Release Date
9/1/2013
Foundry
Intel
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Foundry
Intel
Intel (eDRAM Die)
Node
22nm
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Node
22nm
22nm (eDRAM Die)
Die Size
118 mm²
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Die Size
260 mm²
77 mm² (eDRAM Die)
Transistor Count
945 Million
Transistor Count
1.7 Billion
2 Cores
4 Cores
4 Threads
8 Threads
2GHz
3.1GHz Boost
2.6GHz
3.8GHz Boost
Overclocking
Locked
Overclocking
Locked
Type
DMI
Type
DMI
Transfer Rate
5GT/s
Transfer Rate
5GT/s
Lanes
4
Lanes
4
Bandwidth
2.5GB/s
Bandwidth
2.5GB/s
Bi-directional
5GB/s
Bi-directional
5GB/s
L1 Instruction
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
L1 Instruction
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
L1 Data
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
L1 Data
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
L2
256KB/Core
8-way set associative
L2
256KB/Core
8-way set associative
L3
4MB Shared
12-way set associative
L3
6MB Shared
12-way set associative
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-
L4
128MB Shared
Channels
2
Channels
2
Max Memory
32GB
Max Memory
32GB
ECC
Not Supported
ECC
Not Supported
Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
800MHz
Transfer Rate
1600MT/s
Clock
800MHz
Transfer Rate
1600MT/s
Bandwidth/Channel
12.8GB/s
Bandwidth
25.6GB/s
Bandwidth/Channel
12.8GB/s
Bandwidth
25.6GB/s
TDP
17W
TDP
47W
Temp
105°C Max
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-
PCIe 2.0 x16 Lanes
PCIe 3.0 x16 Lanes
HD 4000 1200MHz
128 Shaders
1200MHz
310 GFLOPS FP32
Iris Pro 5200 1300MHz
320 Shaders
1300MHz
830 GFLOPS FP32
No NPU
No NPU
No Cellular
No Cellular
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