Intel Core i7-3770 vs Intel Core i5-3550S

Core i7-3770 vs Core i5-3550S specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-3770 performs better than the Core i5-3550S. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3550S 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. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-3770 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-3550S. Also, the Core i7-3770 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-3550S 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.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-3770 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.