How do the scores compare?

There is no overall score comparison yet, because at least one of them still awaits benchmark results. On individual spec rows, Intel Core 5 315 wins 9 and Intel Core i7-7500U wins 1.

What are the main differences between the Intel Core 5 315 and the Intel Core i7-7500U?

Intel Core 5 315 advantages: Stronger multi-core score: 36 vs 21; 304% higher PassMark: 14,672 vs 3,636; 200% higher cores: 6 vs 2; 100% higher Max memory: 64 GB vs 32 GB; 86% lower process: 2 nm vs 14 nm. Intel Core i7-7500U advantages: 80% higher Base clock: 2.7 GHz vs 1.5 GHz.

Intel Core 5 315 vs Intel Core i7-7500U

Intel

Intel Core 5 315

Intel

Intel Core i7-7500U

$393

54Single-core—

35.7Multi-core20.9

93Efficiencyspec-based66.4

—iGPU21.4

37.9Platformspec-based28.9

9 spec wins — Intel Core 5 3151 spec wins — Intel Core i7-7500U

InnoReviews verdict

No overall winner yet: Intel Core i7-7500U lacks the published benchmark results an Inno Score requires, so there is no Inno Score to compare — we don't rank chips on their spec sheet alone. The spec table below still shows every difference we track.

Which would you pick?

Key differences

Reasons to pick the Intel Core 5 315

Stronger multi-core score: 36 vs 21
304% higher PassMark: 14,672 vs 3,636
200% higher cores: 6 vs 2
100% higher Max memory: 64 GB vs 32 GB
86% lower process: 2 nm vs 14 nm

Reasons to pick the Intel Core i7-7500U

80% higher Base clock: 2.7 GHz vs 1.5 GHz

General

General comparison: Intel Core 5 315 versus Intel Core i7-7500U
Spec	Intel Core 5 315	Intel Core i7-7500U
Announced	2026	2016
Process	2 nm+86%	14 nm
Base TDP	15 W	15 W
Max TDP	35 W+40%	25 W

Cores & Clocks

Cores & Clocks comparison: Intel Core 5 315 versus Intel Core i7-7500U
Spec	Intel Core 5 315	Intel Core i7-7500U
Cores	6+200%	2
Performance cores	2	—
Efficiency cores	4	—
Threads	6+50%	4
Base clock	1.5 GHz	2.7 GHz+80%
Boost clock	4.4 GHz+26%	3.5 GHz
L3 cache	6 MB+50%	4 MB

Integrated GPU

Integrated GPU comparison: Intel Core 5 315 versus Intel Core i7-7500U
Spec	Intel Core 5 315	Intel Core i7-7500U
iGPU	Intel Graphics (2 Xe3-cores)	Intel HD Graphics 620
iGPU clock	2,300 MHz	1,050 MHz

Memory

Memory comparison: Intel Core 5 315 versus Intel Core i7-7500U
Spec	Intel Core 5 315	Intel Core i7-7500U
Memory support	LPDDR5X-7467 / DDR5-6400	DDR4-2133 / LPDDR3-1866 / DDR3L-1600
Max memory	64 GB+100%	32 GB

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Intel Core 5 315 versus Intel Core i7-7500U
Spec	Intel Core 5 315	Intel Core i7-7500U
Geekbench 6 (single)	2,516Bottom 51%	—
Geekbench 6 (multi)	7,454Bottom 23%	—
PassMark	14,672+304%Bottom 29%	3,636Bottom 4%
3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU)	—	320Bottom 5%

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