Intel Core i7-3770 vs AMD FX-770K

Core i7-3770 vs FX-770K specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-3770 performs better than the FX-770K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-770K in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-3770 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the FX-770K has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the FX-770K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-770K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3770. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The FX-770K 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. In terms of cache, the FX-770K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-3770

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.