Intel Core i5-7600 vs Intel Core i7-3770K

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-3770K

Price

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$ 435.00

$ 344.89

$ 90.11 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2712 points

0.37% slightly better overall score

2702 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5048 points

15% slightly better gaming score

4366 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2059 points

2208 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1975 points

2118 points

7% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

51.82 points

9% slightly higher Blender score

47.21 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3774 points

52% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2474 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1343 points

89% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

708 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3832 points

53% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2489 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1390 points

96% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

709 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

Identical

3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

3.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

18% slightly lower TDP

77 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

585th of 1,089

588th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i5

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February

2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-7600 vs Core i7-3770K specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-7600 beats the Core i7-3770K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3770K in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-3770K has more threads. In terms of clock speed, the Core i5-7600 and Core i7-3770K are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Core i5-7600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-7600 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3770K CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Core i5-7600 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.