Intel Core i7-4770K vs Intel Core i3-N305

Core i7-4770K vs Core i3-N305 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4770K performs better than the Core i3-N305. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-N305 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i3-N305 has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i7-4770K that has 4 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4770K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-N305. Also, the Core i7-4770K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i3-N305 outputs less heat than Core i7-4770K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i3-N305 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-4770K. Despite this, the Core i7-4770K has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i3-N305.

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 i7-4770K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.