Intel Core i7-3770K vs Intel Pentium G3250

Intel Core i7-3770K
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Apr 2012
Intel Core i7-3770K
Intel Pentium G3250
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jul 2014
Intel Pentium G3250

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    194%
  • Intel Pentium G3250
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    107%
  • Intel Pentium G3250
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    281%
  • Intel Pentium G3250
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-3770K

7% higher single threaded performance.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 181% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 94% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium G3250

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 Pentium G3250
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
Hyper-Threading
AES-NI
CLMUL
FMA3

Architecture

Intel Core i7-3770KIntel Pentium G3250
ArchitectureIntel_IvyBridgevsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameIvy BridgevsHaswell
Release DateApr 2012vsJul 2014

Cores

Intel Core i7-3770KIntel Pentium G3250
Cores4vs2
Threads8vs2
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 4000vsIntel HD (Haswell)

Cache

Intel Core i7-3770KIntel Pentium G3250
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs3072 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i7-3770KIntel Pentium G3250
SocketIntel Socket 1155vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Temp67°Cvs72°C
PackageFC-LGA12CvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size160mm²vs177mm²
Process22 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Core i7-3770KIntel Pentium G3250
Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs3200 MHz
Turbo Clock3900 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.025 Vvsunknown
TDP77 Wvs54 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    4017 points
  • Intel Pentium G3250
    3584 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    17304 points
  • Intel Pentium G3250
    7168 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    667
  • Intel Pentium G3250 (simulated)
    236.57

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    139
  • Intel Pentium G3250 (simulated)
    129.78

points - higher is better