Intel Core i7-3770 vs Intel Core i9-10900X

Core i7-3770 vs Core i9-10900X comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-10900X performs better than the Core i7-3770. 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 i9-10900X 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-10900X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-3770. Also, the Core i9-10900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-3770 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-10900X CPU because of its significantly 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.