Intel Core i5-2400 vs Intel Core i7-3770K

Core i5-2400 vs Core i7-3770K benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3770K beats the Core i5-2400 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-2400 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-3770K has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-3770K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-2400. Also, the Core i7-3770K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-3770K outputs less heat than Core i5-2400 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Core i5-2400 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.