Intel Core i7-8700T vs Intel Core i7-3770

Core i7-8700T vs Core i7-3770 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-8700T beats the Core i7-3770 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-3770 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-8700T has significantly more cores than the Core i7-3770. Indeed, the Core i7-8700T has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-3770. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3770. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-3770 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8700T. Despite this, the Core i7-8700T has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8700T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3770 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i7-8700T has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-3770. The Core i7-8700T also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i7-8700T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.