Intel Core i7-3770K Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i7-3770K was released in Q2/2012 and has 4 cores. The processor can process 8 threads simultaneously and uses a mainboard with the socket LGA 1155. In the Geekbench 5 benchmark, the Intel Core i7-3770K achieved a result of 873 points (single-core) or 3,409 points (multi-core).
Intel Core i7-3770K

At a glance

Name: Intel Core i7-3770K
Family: Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group: Intel Core i 3000 (31)
Architecture: Ivy Bridge S
Technology: 22 nm
Segment: Desktop
Generation: 3
Predecessor: --
Successor: Intel Core i7-4770K

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-3770K has 4 cores. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-3770K is 3.50 GHz (3.90 GHz). An initial performance assessment can be made using the number of CPU cores.

CPU Cores / Threads: 4 / 8
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 4x
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: Yes
Frequency: 3.50 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 3.90 GHz
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores): 3.90 GHz

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Core i7-3770K has an integrated graphics that the system can use to efficiently play back videos. The Intel Core i7-3770K has the Intel HD Graphics 4000 installed, which has 16 streaming multiprocessors (128 shaders).

GPU name: Intel HD Graphics 4000
GPU frequency: 0.65 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.15 GHz
Compute units: 16
Shader: 128
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q1/2011
Max. displays: 3
Generation: 7
Direct X: 11.0
Technology: 22 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 2 GB
Frame Generation: No

Hardware codec support

Processors with integrated graphics can process video codecs faster. Support for modern codecs can significantly increase system efficiency during video playback.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit): No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): No
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: No
VP9: No
AV1: No
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i7-3770K supports a maximum of 32 GB memory. Depending on the mainboard, the processor can use a maximum of 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum bandwidth of the main memory of 25.6 GB/s.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR3-1600
25.6 GB/s
Max. Memory: 32 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: No
PCIe: 3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth: 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Intel Core i7-3770K has a TDP of 77 W. Based on the TDP, the system manufacturer can and must adapt the cooling solution to the processor.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 77 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: --

Technical details

Modern production reduces the waste heat of a processor and increases its efficiency. The Intel Core i7-3770K is made in 22 nm and has 8.00 MB cache.

Technology: 22 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: LGA 1155
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 8.00 MB
AES-NI: Yes
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release date: Q2/2012
Release price: 275 $
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i7-3770K have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.


Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 is a partial load benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. In the single-core test, only the fastest CPU core is measured. The test run simulates the performance in practice.
Intel Core i7-3970X Intel Core i7-3970X
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
742
Intel Core i5-3570 Intel Core i5-3570
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
741
Intel Core i7-4820K Intel Core i7-4820K
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
740
Intel Core i7-3770K Intel Core i7-3770K
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
737
Intel Core i7-3960X Intel Core i7-3960X
6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz
736
Intel Pentium Gold G6400T Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
734
Intel Core i7-3770S Intel Core i7-3770S
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
734

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

The practical Geekbench 6 multi-core benchmark tests the system's performance under partial load. The processor's maximum power consumption is far from being used up.
Intel Core i7-5700EQ Intel Core i7-5700EQ
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
2648
Intel Core i7-3820 Intel Core i7-3820
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
2596
Intel Core i3-6300 Intel Core i3-6300
2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
2568
Intel Core i7-3770K Intel Core i7-3770K
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
2527
Intel Core i3-7300 Intel Core i3-7300
2C 4T @ 4.00 GHz
2493
Intel Core i7-2600K Intel Core i7-2600K
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
2457
Intel Core i3-4370 Intel Core i3-4370
2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
2450

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i5-4590 Intel Core i5-4590
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
877
Intel Core i3-10100Y Intel Core i3-10100Y
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
875
Intel Celeron G5900 Intel Celeron G5900
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz
874
Intel Core i7-3770K Intel Core i7-3770K
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
873
Intel Core i7-4770T Intel Core i7-4770T
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
873
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
872
Intel Core i3-7100T Intel Core i3-7100T
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
871

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5 Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
3428
Intel Core i3-8300 Intel Core i3-8300
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
3425
Intel Core i7-6700T Intel Core i7-6700T
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
3411
Intel Core i7-3770K Intel Core i7-3770K
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
3409
Intel Core i7-4820K Intel Core i7-4820K
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
3392
Intel Core i7-980X Intel Core i7-980X
6C 12T @ 3.33 GHz
3391
Intel Xeon Bronze 3106 Intel Xeon Bronze 3106
8C 8T @ 1.70 GHz
3389

Cinebench R20 Single-Core

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i3-10100Y Intel Core i3-10100Y
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
294
Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4
10C 20T @ 3.10 GHz
293
Intel Core i5-4570 Intel Core i5-4570
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
290
Intel Core i7-3770K Intel Core i7-3770K
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
286
Intel Xeon Platinum 8253 Intel Xeon Platinum 8253
16C 32T @ 3.00 GHz
286
Intel Xeon Platinum 8160M Intel Xeon Platinum 8160M
24C 48T @ 3.70 GHz
286
Intel Xeon Silver 4116 Intel Xeon Silver 4116
12C 24T @ 3.00 GHz
284

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i7-3770 Intel Core i7-3770
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
1419
Intel Core i5-6600 Intel Core i5-6600
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
1411
Intel Core i5-7640X Intel Core i5-7640X
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
1409
Intel Core i7-3770K Intel Core i7-3770K
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
1391
AMD Ryzen 3 1200 [12nm] AMD Ryzen 3 1200 [12nm]
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
1389
AMD Ryzen 3 1300X AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
1357
Intel Core i7-4770 Intel Core i7-4770
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
1349

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core i7-4701EQ Intel Core i7-4701EQ
Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.00 GHz
320
AMD A6-6400K AMD A6-6400K
AMD Radeon HD 8470D @ 0.80 GHz
307
AMD A6-6420K AMD A6-6420K
AMD Radeon HD 8470D @ 0.80 GHz
307
Intel Core i7-3770K Intel Core i7-3770K
Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.15 GHz
294
Intel Core i5-3570K Intel Core i5-3570K
Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.15 GHz
294
Intel Core i7-3770T Intel Core i7-3770T
Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.15 GHz
294
Intel Core i7-3770 Intel Core i7-3770
Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.15 GHz
294

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Core i7-4770R Intel Core i7-4770R
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
6517
Intel Core i7-970 Intel Core i7-970
6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz
6517
Intel Core i7-4820K Intel Core i7-4820K
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
6500
Intel Core i7-3770K Intel Core i7-3770K
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
6474
AMD Ryzen 3 1200 [12nm] AMD Ryzen 3 1200 [12nm]
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
6470
Intel Xeon E5-2608L v3 Intel Xeon E5-2608L v3
6C 12T @ 2.00 GHz
6421
Intel Core i7-3770 Intel Core i7-3770
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
6402

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
Intel Core i5-6600 Intel Core i5-6600
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
559.4
Intel Core i5-4690K Intel Core i5-4690K
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
561.1
Intel Core i5-4670K Intel Core i5-4670K
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
581
Intel Core i7-3770K Intel Core i7-3770K
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
597.4
Intel Core i7-3770 Intel Core i7-3770
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
597.8
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
616.6
Intel Core i5-7400 Intel Core i5-7400
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
623.6

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Single-Core

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 AMD Ryzen 7 1700
8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz
390
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AMD Ryzen 5 1600
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
389
Intel Core i5-4590 Intel Core i5-4590
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
386
Intel Core i7-3770K Intel Core i7-3770K
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
384
Intel Core i5-7400 Intel Core i5-7400
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
384
Intel Core i5-3570K Intel Core i5-3570K
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
384
Intel Core i5-6500 Intel Core i5-6500
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
383

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD Ryzen 5 1400 AMD Ryzen 5 1400
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
1909
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3
4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz
1899
Intel Core i7-4770S Intel Core i7-4770S
4C 8T @ 3.10 GHz
1886
Intel Core i7-3770K Intel Core i7-3770K
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
1866
Intel Core i7-4820K Intel Core i7-4820K
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
1851
Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
1829
Intel Core i7-3770 Intel Core i7-3770
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
1828

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon E3-1240L v5 Intel Xeon E3-1240L v5
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
138
Intel Xeon E3-1265L v3 Intel Xeon E3-1265L v3
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
138
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
14C 28T @ 3.30 GHz
138
Intel Core i7-3770K Intel Core i7-3770K
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
137
Intel Core i3-8300T Intel Core i3-8300T
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
137
Intel Core i3-4330 Intel Core i3-4330
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
137
Intel Celeron G5900E Intel Celeron G5900E
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
137

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i3-8350K Intel Core i3-8350K
4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz
684
Intel Xeon E-2234 Intel Xeon E-2234
4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz
679
AMD FX-8370 AMD FX-8370
8C 8T @ 4.15 GHz
673
Intel Core i7-3770K Intel Core i7-3770K
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
672
Intel Core i7-4790S Intel Core i7-4790S
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
671
Intel Core i7-3770 Intel Core i7-3770
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
669
Intel Core i7-5850EQ Intel Core i7-5850EQ
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
666

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