Intel Core i5-2500 vs Intel Core i7-3770S

Intel Core i5-2500
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3300 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2011
Intel Core i5-2500
Intel Core i7-3770S
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3100 MHz / Cores: 4 / Apr 2012
Intel Core i7-3770S

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i5-2500
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-3770S
    120%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-2500
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-3770S
    111%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-2500
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-3770S
    129%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-2500

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-3770S

11% higher single threaded performance.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 29% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 20% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i7-3770S

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-3770S

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i7-3770S

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-3770S

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-2500Intel Core i7-3770S
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
TXT
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
Hyper-Threading

Architecture

Intel Core i5-2500Intel Core i7-3770S
ArchitectureIntel_SandyBridgevsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameSandy BridgevsIvy Bridge
Release DateJan 2011vsApr 2012

Cores

Intel Core i5-2500Intel Core i7-3770S
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 2000vsIntel HD 4000

Cache

Intel Core i5-2500Intel Core i7-3770S
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache6144 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i5-2500Intel Core i7-3770S
SocketIntel Socket 1155vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Tempunknownvs69°C
PackageFC-LGA10vsFC-LGA12C
Die Size216mm²vs160mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-2500Intel Core i7-3770S
Cpu Frequency3300 MHzvs3100 MHz
Turbo Clock3700 MHzvs3900 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP95 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-2500
    3700 points
  • Intel Core i7-3770S
    4017 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-2500
    13200 points
  • Intel Core i7-3770S
    15326 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i5-2500
    8723
  • Intel Core i7-3770S
    11572

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i5-2500
    3043
  • Intel Core i7-3770S
    3394

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i5-2500
    9579
  • Intel Core i7-3770S
    12550

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i5-2500
    2809
  • Intel Core i7-3770S
    3037

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-2500 (simulated)
    122
  • Intel Core i7-3770S (simulated)
    139

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-2500 (simulated)
    470
  • Intel Core i7-3770S (simulated)
    590.77

points - higher is better