Intel Core i7-4770 vs Intel Core i5-3330

Core i7-4770 vs Core i5-3330 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4770 beats the Core i5-3330 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3330 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-4770 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4770 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-3330. Also, the Core i7-4770 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-3330 outputs less heat than Core i7-4770 thanks to a 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 i7-4770 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.