Intel Core i7-3770K vs Intel Core i5-6600K

Intel Core i7-3770K
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Apr 2012
Intel Core i7-3770K
Intel Core i5-6600K
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2015
Intel Core i5-6600K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    105%
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    112%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    115%
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-3770K

15% higher multi threaded performance.
Around 5% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-6600K

12% higher single threaded performance.
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.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

Intel Core i7-3770KIntel Core i5-6600K
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
Hyper-Threading
AES-NI
AVX2
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0

Architecture

Intel Core i7-3770KIntel Core i5-6600K
ArchitectureIntel_IvyBridgevsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR4
CodenameIvy BridgevsSkylake
Release DateApr 2012vsJul 2015

Cores

Intel Core i7-3770KIntel Core i5-6600K
Cores4vs4
Threads8vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 4000vsHD Graphics 530

Cache

Intel Core i7-3770KIntel Core i5-6600K
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 i5-6600K
SocketIntel Socket 1155vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp67°Cvs72°C
PackageFC-LGA12CvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size160mm²vsunknown
Process22 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i7-3770KIntel Core i5-6600K
Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clock3900 MHzvs3900 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.025 Vvsunknown
TDP77 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    4017 points
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    4485 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    17304 points
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    16100 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    13684
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    13321

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    3802
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    4677

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    14955
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    15019

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    3467
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    4217

points - higher is better

Rendering: POV-Ray 3.7

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    1344
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    1497

points per second - higher is better

7-zip

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    21430
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    15519

MIPS - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Single Threaded)

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    124.05
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    124.08

points - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Multi Threaded)

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    676.31
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    387.48

points - higher is better

3DMark06 CPU

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    7229
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    7413

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    5536
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    6188

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    22190
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    21324

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    1.65
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    1.88

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    7.7
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    6.93

points - higher is better

SuperPI 1M

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    9.38
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    9.5

seconds - lower is better

WinRAR 4.0

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    3698
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    3643

MB/s - higher is better

x264 Pass 1

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    172.3
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    196.3

FPS - higher is better

x264 Pass 2

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    43.4
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    40.1

FPS - higher is better

TrueCrypt AES

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    3.9
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    3.2

GB/s

TrueCrypt Twofish

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    0.68
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    0.52

GB/s

TrueCrypt Serpent

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    0.39
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    0.31

GB/s

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    667
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    602

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    139
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    166

points - higher is better