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Intel Core i3-3220 vs Intel Core i5-7600K

Last updated: 2026-06-05

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 51 %

Intel Core i3-3220

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-7600K

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 36 %

Intel Core i3-3220

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-7600K

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

558

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

1,420

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

1,195

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

4,278

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

254 cb

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

433 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

648

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

1,174

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

639 cb

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

1,589 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

1,376

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

3,855

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 2500

101

Intel HD Graphics 630

442

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

279

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

468

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

812

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

1,723

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

115 cb

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

179 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

295 cb

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

717 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3220	Intel Core i5-7600K
Family	Intel Core i3 (205)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	Intel Core i 3000 (31)	Intel Core i 7000 (17)
Architecture	Ivy Bridge S	Kaby Lake S
Technology	22 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1155	LGA 1151
Predecessor		Intel Core i5-6600K
Successor		Intel Core i5-8600K

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3220	Intel Core i5-7600K
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 4	4 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	2x	4x
Frequency:	3.30 GHz	3.80 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):		4.20 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):		4.20 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	3.00 MB	6.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3220	Intel Core i5-7600K
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 2500	Intel HD Graphics 630
GPU frequency	0.65 - 1.05 GHz	0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader	6 / 48	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB	64 GB
Technology	22 nm	14 nm
Release date	Q2/2012	Q2/2016

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3220	Intel Core i5-7600K
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3220	Intel Core i5-7600K
Memory	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	64 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	2.0 x 16	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	8.0 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3220	Intel Core i5-7600K
TDP	55 W	91 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3220	Intel Core i5-7600K
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q3/2012	Q1/2017
Release price	117 $	270 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i3-3220 is 3.9 stars (33 ratings), while Intel Core i5-7600K has received 4.5 stars (75 ratings).

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Intel Core i3-3220
2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-7600K
4C / 4T · 3.80 - 4.20 GHz

★★★★★