Intel Core i5-7500 vs Intel Core i7-3770K

Intel Core i5-7500
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
Intel Core i5-7500
Intel Core i7-3770K
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Apr 2012
Intel Core i7-3770K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    115%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    108%
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    127%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-7500

8% higher single threaded performance.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-3770K

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 27% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


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 i5-7500Intel Core i7-3770K
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
Hyper-Threading

Architecture

Intel Core i5-7500Intel Core i7-3770K
ArchitectureIntel_KabylakevsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameKaby LakevsIvy Bridge
Release DateSep 2016vsApr 2012

Cores

Intel Core i5-7500Intel Core i7-3770K
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD Graphics 630vsIntel HD 4000

Cache

Intel Core i5-7500Intel 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 i5-7500Intel Core i7-3770K
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Temp72°Cvs67°C
PackagevsFC-LGA12C
Die Sizeunknownvs160mm²
Process14 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-7500Intel Core i7-3770K
Cpu Frequency3400 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs3900 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvs1.025 V
TDP65 Wvs77 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    4080 points
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    4017 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    16320 points
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    17304 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Rendering: POV-Ray 3.7

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    1489
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    1344

points per second - higher is better

7-zip

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    16155
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    21430

MIPS - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Single Threaded)

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    125
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    124.05

points - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Multi Threaded)

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    386.79
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    676.31

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    599
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    667

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    162
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    139

points - higher is better