Intel Core i7-3770K vs Intel Core i7-13700K

Core i7-3770K vs Core i7-13700K benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-13700K performs better than the Core i7-3770K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3770K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-13700K has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i7-3770K that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3770K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-3770K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-13700K. Despite this, the Core i7-13700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-3770K CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-13700K 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 i7-3770K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.