Intel Core i7-3770K vs AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

Core i7-3770K vs Ryzen 7 7700X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 7700X beats the Core i7-3770K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3770K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 7700X has significantly more cores than the Core i7-3770K. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7700X has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-3770K. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3770K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3770K. Also, the Ryzen 7 7700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-3770K CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 7700X CPU because of its slightly 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.