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Core i5-3570K vs i7-3770K


Description
Both models i5-3570K and i7-3770K are based on Ivy Bridge architecture.

"Ivy Bridge is the last Intel microarchitecture for which there is official driver support for Windows XP . It is made under 22 nm Tri-Gate transistor (""3D"") technology and is basically a Sandy Bridge shrink. It has PCI Express 3.0 support and RdRand instruction for security tasks."

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i5-3570K gets a score of 120.2 k points while the i7-3770K gets 133.9 k points.

Summarizing, the i7-3770K is 1.1 times faster than the i5-3570K . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
306a9
306a9
Core
Ivy Bridge
Ivy Bridge
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.4 GHz
3.5 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.8 GHz
3.9 GHz
Socket
LGA 1155
LGA 1155
Cores/Threads
4/4
4/8
TDP
77 W
77 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+x4x32 kB
4x62+4x32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
6144 kB
8192 kB
Date
April 2012
April 2012
Mean monothread perf.
34.57k points
36.19k points
Mean multithread perf.
120.16k points
133.88k points

Non-optimized benchmark
The benchmark in Mode 0 (FPU) measures cpu performance with non-optimized software. It uses the basic µinstructions from the i386 architecture with the i387 floating point unit. This mode is compatible with all CPUs so it's practical to compare very different CPUs
Monothread
i5-3570K
i7-3770K
Test#1 (Integers)
3.85k
3.86k (x1)
Test#2 (FP)
10.72k
10.79k (x1.01)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.83k
4.9k (x1.01)
Test#1 (Memory)
5.21k
5.51k (x1.06)
TOTAL
24.6k
25.06k (x1.02)

Multithread

i5-3570K

i7-3770K
Test#1 (Integers)
14.34k
17.17k (x1.2)
Test#2 (FP)
40.2k
46.25k (x1.15)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
17.91k
23.67k (x1.32)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.05k
10.36k (x1.47)
TOTAL
79.5k
97.44k (x1.23)

AVX optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode II (AVX) is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the first version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX compatible CPU was released in 2011.
Monothread
i5-3570K
i7-3770K
Test#1 (Integers)
12.55k
12.99k (x1.04)
Test#2 (FP)
12.14k
12.42k (x1.02)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.9k
5.04k (x1.03)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.98k
5.73k (x1.15)
TOTAL
34.57k
36.19k (x1.05)

Multithread

i5-3570K

i7-3770K
Test#1 (Integers)
47.53k
50.36k (x1.06)
Test#2 (FP)
46.16k
55.16k (x1.2)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
18.36k
23.31k (x1.27)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.1k
5.05k (x0.62)
TOTAL
120.16k
133.88k (x1.11)

Performance/W
i5-3570K
i7-3770K
Test#1 (Integers)
617 points/W
654 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
599 points/W
716 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
238 points/W
303 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
105 points/W
66 points/W
TOTAL
1560 points/W
1739 points/W

Performance/GHz
i5-3570K
i7-3770K
Test#1 (Integers)
3303 points/GHz
3331 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
3194 points/GHz
3186 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1288 points/GHz
1292 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
1310 points/GHz
1470 points/GHz
TOTAL
9096 points/GHz
9280 points/GHz

Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.

Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.

If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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