Intel Core i7-3770 vs Intel Core i3-3220

Core i7-3770 vs Core i3-3220 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-3770 is faster than the Core i3-3220. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-3220 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-3770 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-3220. Indeed, the Core i7-3770 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-3220. It also has more threads than the Core i3-3220. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-3770 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-3220. The Core i3-3220 outputs less heat than Core i7-3770 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 i7-3770 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.