Intel Core i7-3770K vs Intel Core i5-6500

Intel Core i7-3770K
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Apr 2012
Intel Core i7-3770K
Intel Core i5-6500
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2015
Intel Core i5-6500

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    119%
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    130%
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-3770K

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 30% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Core i5-6500.
Around 19% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-6500

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

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 i7-3770KIntel Core i5-6500
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
Hyper-Threading
AES-NI
AVX2
VT-d
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
vPro
Boost 2.0

Architecture

Intel Core i7-3770KIntel Core i5-6500
ArchitectureIntel_IvyBridgevsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR4
CodenameIvy BridgevsSkylake
Release DateApr 2012vsJul 2015

Cores

Intel Core i7-3770KIntel Core i5-6500
Cores4vs4
Threads8vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 4000vsNo

Cache

Intel Core i7-3770KIntel Core i5-6500
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i7-3770KIntel Core i5-6500
SocketIntel Socket 1155vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp67°Cvs72°C
PackageFC-LGA12CvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size160mm²vs177mm²
Process22 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i7-3770KIntel Core i5-6500
Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs3200 MHz
Turbo Clock3900 MHzvs3600 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.025 Vvsunknown
TDP77 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    4017 points
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    4140 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    17304 points
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    14720 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    13684
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    10602

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    3802
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    3693

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    14955
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    11265

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    3467
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    3438

points - higher is better

Rendering: POV-Ray 3.7

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    1344
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    1367

points per second - higher is better

7-zip

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    21430
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    14559

MIPS - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Single Threaded)

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    124.05
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    117.2

points - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Multi Threaded)

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    676.31
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    356.76

points - higher is better

3DMark06 CPU

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    7229
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    6653

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    5536
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    5746

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    22190
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    19577

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    1.65
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    1.74

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    7.7
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    6.35

points - higher is better

SuperPI 1M

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    9.38
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    10.4

seconds - lower is better

wPrime 32

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    6.39
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    10.6

seconds - lower is better

WinRAR 4.0

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    3698
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    3100

MB/s - higher is better

x264 Pass 1

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    172.3
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    174.5

FPS - higher is better

x264 Pass 2

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    43.4
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    36.1

FPS - higher is better

TrueCrypt AES

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    3.9
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    2.9

GB/s

TrueCrypt Twofish

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    0.68
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    0.48

GB/s

TrueCrypt Serpent

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    0.39
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    0.29

GB/s

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    667
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    541.5

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    139
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    151

points - higher is better