Intel Core i7-3770 vs Intel Core i5-4570S

Core i7-3770 vs Core i5-4570S comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3770 beats the Core i5-4570S in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4570S in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores 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 i5-4570S. Also, the Core i7-3770 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-4570S 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.