AMD Ryzen 7 1700 vs Intel Core i7-3770

Ryzen 7 1700 vs Core i7-3770 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 1700 is faster than the Core i7-3770. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3770 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 1700 has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i7-3770 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3770. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-3770 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 1700. Also, the Core i7-3770 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 1700 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3770 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 1700 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-3770. The Ryzen 7 1700 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 Ryzen 7 1700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.