Intel Core i7-3770 vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900

Core i7-3770 vs Ryzen 9 7900 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 7900 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 7900 has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i7-3770 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3770. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 7900 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3770. Also, the Ryzen 9 7900 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 7900 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. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 7900 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-3770. The Ryzen 9 7900 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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.