Intel Core i5-7500 vs Intel Core i5-3330S

Intel Core i5-7500
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
Intel Core i5-7500
Intel Core i5-3330S
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
2700 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2012
Intel Core i5-3330S

Summary

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-7500

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.
Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.
Higher overall performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-3330S

None

Intel Core i5-7500

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-7500

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-7500

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-7500

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-7500Intel Core i5-3330S
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
vPro
Boost 2.0

Architecture

Intel Core i5-7500Intel Core i5-3330S
ArchitectureIntel_KabylakevsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameKaby LakevsIvy Bridge
Release DateSep 2016vsSep 2012

Cores

Intel Core i5-7500Intel Core i5-3330S
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD Graphics 630vsIntel HD 2500

Cache

Intel Core i5-7500Intel Core i5-3330S
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache6144 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i5-7500Intel Core i5-3330S
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Temp72°Cvs67°C
PackagevsFC-LGA12C
Die Sizeunknownvs133mm²
Process14 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-7500Intel Core i5-3330S
Cpu Frequency3400 MHzvs2700 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs3200 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs77 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    4080 points
  • Intel Core i5-3330S
    3296 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    16320 points
  • Intel Core i5-3330S
    11124 points

Points - higher is better