Intel Core i7-3770K vs Intel Core i7-5700HQ

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs Intel 5th Generation Core i7 4 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

2702 points
2748 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4366 points
4553 points
4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2208 points
2217 points
0.41% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2118 points
2125 points
0.33% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

47.21 points
55.31 points
17% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2474 points
3230 points
30% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

708 points
1113 points
57% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2489 points
3227 points
29% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

709 points
1100 points
55% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
29% slightly higher clock speed
2.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
11% slightly higher turbo speed
3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

77 W
47 W
63% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

588th of 1,089
579th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
5th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 May
2015 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR3-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-3770K vs Core i7-5700HQ comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-5700HQ 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 these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-3770K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-5700HQ. Also, the Core i7-3770K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-5700HQ outputs less heat than Core i7-3770K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-3770K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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