AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs Intel Core i7-3770K

Ryzen 7 3700X vs Core i7-3770K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 3700X 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 3700X has significantly more cores than the Core i7-3770K. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3700X has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-3770K. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3770K. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 3700X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-3770K. Also, the Ryzen 7 3700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 3700X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3770K 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 Ryzen 7 3700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.