Intel Core i7-3770 vs Intel Core i5-1335U

Core i7-3770 vs Core i5-1335U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-1335U beats the Core i7-3770 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3770 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-1335U has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i7-3770 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3770. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-3770 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1335U. Despite this, the Core i5-1335U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-1335U has more L2 cache than the Core i7-3770. The Core i5-1335U 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.