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

Intel Core i5-2500K
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3300 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2011
Intel Core i5-2500K
Intel Core i7-3770K
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Apr 2012
Intel Core i7-3770K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i5-2500K
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    133%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

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

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-2500K
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    144%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-2500K

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-3770K

11% higher single threaded performance.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 44% 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 33% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i7-3770K

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-3770K

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i7-3770K

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-3770K

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


Specifications

Features

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

Architecture

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

Cores

Intel Core i5-2500KIntel Core i7-3770K
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 3000vsIntel HD 4000

Cache

Intel Core i5-2500KIntel Core i7-3770K
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 i5-2500KIntel Core i7-3770K
SocketIntel Socket 1155vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Tempunknownvs67°C
PackageFC-LGA10vsFC-LGA12C
Die Size216mm²vs160mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-2500KIntel Core i7-3770K
Cpu Frequency3300 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clock3700 MHzvs3900 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvs1.025 V
TDP95 Wvs77 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

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

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-2500K
    13200 points
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    17304 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i5-2500K
    10235
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    13684

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i5-2500K
    3486
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    3802

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i5-2500K
    11233
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    14955

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i5-2500K
    3215
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    3467

points - higher is better

Rendering: POV-Ray 3.7

  • Intel Core i5-2500K
    978
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    1344

points per second - higher is better

7-zip

  • Intel Core i5-2500K
    13782
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    21430

MIPS - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Multi Threaded)

  • Intel Core i5-2500K
    343.11
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    676.31

points - higher is better

3DMark06 CPU

  • Intel Core i5-2500K
    5853
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    7229

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • Intel Core i5-2500K
    4773
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    5536

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • Intel Core i5-2500K
    15956
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    22190

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-2500K
    5.38
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    7.7

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-2500K
    122
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    139

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-2500K
    470
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    667

points - higher is better

SuperPI 1M

  • Intel Core i5-2500K
    10.8
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    9.38

seconds - lower is better

wPrime 32

  • Intel Core i5-2500K
    11.67
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    6.39

seconds - lower is better