Intel Core i7-3770 vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 16 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
10700 points
315% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4118 points
10758 points
161% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2119 points
10731 points
406% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2036 points
10842 points
432% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

45.88 points
458.15 points
898% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
16
300% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
32
300% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.40 GHz
17% slightly higher clock speed
2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
5.3 GHz
35% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

77 W
55 W
40% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
4 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
Identical
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

611th of 1,089
75th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 May
2025 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i7-3770 vs Ryzen 9 8940HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 8940HX 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 Ryzen 9 8940HX has significantly more cores than the Core i7-3770. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has 16 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 Ryzen 9 8940HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 8940HX 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 cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-3770. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-3770 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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