Intel Core i7-3770 vs Intel Core i7-5960X

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2575 points
5462 points
112% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4118 points
6552 points
59% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2119 points
5074 points
139% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2036 points
4955 points
143% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

1985 points
8668 points
336% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

45.88 points
141.38 points
208% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2294 points
7331 points
219% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

672 points
1235 points
83% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2315 points
7412 points
220% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

673 points
1302 points
93% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.40 GHz
13% slightly higher clock speed
3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
11% slightly higher turbo speed
3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

77 W
81% significantly lower TDP
140 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
64 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

611th of 1,089
298th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 May
2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR4-1600

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-3770 vs Core i7-5960X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-5960X 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-5960X has significantly more cores than the Core i7-3770. Indeed, the Core i7-5960X has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-3770. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3770. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-3770 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-5960X. Also, the Core i7-3770 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-3770 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-5960X CPU because of its significantly 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.

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