Intel Core i7-2700K vs Intel Core i7-3770K

Core i7-2700K vs Core i7-3770K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-3770K is faster than the Core i7-2700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2700K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Both the Core i7-2700K and Core i7-3770K have the same clock speed. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Core i7-3770K outputs less heat than Core i7-2700K 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. Indeed, the Core i7-2700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.