Intel Core i7-3770 vs Intel Core i5-3330

Core i7-3770 vs Core i5-3330 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3770 beats the Core i5-3330 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3330 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-3770 has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-3770 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-3330. Also, the Core i7-3770 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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.