Intel Core i7-3820 vs Intel Core i7-5820K

Intel Core i7-3820
Intel Socket 2011DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 4 / Feb 2012
Intel Core i7-3820
Intel Core i7-5820K
Intel Socket 2011-3DESKTOP
3300 MHz / Cores: 6 / Sep 2014
Intel Core i7-5820K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i7-3820
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-5820K
    141%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-3820
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-5820K
    116%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-3820
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-5820K
    165%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-3820

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-5820K

16% higher single threaded performance.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 65% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 41% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i7-5820K

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-5820K

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i7-5820K

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-5820K

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i7-3820Intel Core i7-5820K
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
Hyper-Threading
AES-NI
AVX2
VT-d
HTT
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0

Architecture

Intel Core i7-3820Intel Core i7-5820K
ArchitectureIntel_SandyBridgevsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR4
CodenameSandy Bridge-EvsHaswell-E
Release DateFeb 2012vsSep 2014

Cores

Intel Core i7-3820Intel Core i7-5820K
Cores4vs6
Threads8vs12
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

Intel Core i7-3820Intel Core i7-5820K
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache10240 KB (shared)vs15360 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i7-3820Intel Core i7-5820K
SocketIntel Socket 2011vsIntel Socket 2011-3
Max Case Temp67°Cvsunknown
PackageFC-LGA10vs
Die Size294mm²vs356mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Core i7-3820Intel Core i7-5820K
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3300 MHz
Turbo Clock3800 MHzvs3600 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.35 Vvsunknown
TDP130 Wvs140 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-3820
    3800 points
  • Intel Core i7-5820K
    4032 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-3820
    17280 points
  • Intel Core i7-5820K
    26611 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i7-3820
    12472
  • Intel Core i7-5820K
    20718

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i7-3820
    3294
  • Intel Core i7-5820K
    4038

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i7-3820
    13431
  • Intel Core i7-5820K
    23400

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i7-3820
    3099
  • Intel Core i7-5820K
    3618

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-3820 (simulated)
    129
  • Intel Core i7-5820K
    141

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-3820 (simulated)
    650.12
  • Intel Core i7-5820K
    1022

points - higher is better