Intel Core i7-3770 vs Intel Core 7 150U

Core i7-3770 vs Core 7 150U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3770 beats the Core 7 150U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 7 150U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core 7 150U has significantly more cores than the Core i7-3770. Indeed, the Core 7 150U has 10 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-3770. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3770. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-3770 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core 7 150U. Despite this, the Core 7 150U has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core 7 150U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-3770. The Core 7 150U also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i7-3770 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.