Intel Core i7 3770 vs Celeron G1620 |
Released April, 2012
Intel Core i7 3770
- 3.4 GHz
- Quad core
Reasons to buy the Intel Core i7 3770
 | Much more l2 cache 1 MB | | Much higher clock speed 3.4 GHz |
| | Much better turbo clock speed 1,150 MHz | | More cores 4 |
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Released January, 2013
Intel Celeron G1620
- 2.7 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the Celeron G1620
| | Significantly lower typical power consumption 44.69W | | Significantly lower annual commercial energy cost 48.18 $/year |
| | Significantly lower annual home energy cost 13.25 $/year | | Newer Jan, 2013 |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much more l2 cache | 1 MB | vs | 0.5 MB | 2x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later | |||
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| Much higher clock speed | 3.4 GHz | vs | 2.7 GHz | More than 25% higher clock speed | |||
| Much better turbo clock speed | 1,150 MHz | vs | 1,050 MHz | Around 10% better turbo clock speed | |||
| More cores | 4 | vs | 2 | Twice as many cores; run more applications at once | |||
| More threads | 8 | vs | 2 | 6 more threads | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.03 GHz | vs | 2.79 GHz | Around 45% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
| Supports trusted computing | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; Allows for safer, more reliable computing | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.32 GHz | vs | 2.7 GHz | Around 60% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
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| Significantly lower typical power consumption | 44.69W | vs | 62.56W | Around 30% lower typical power consumption | |||
| Significantly lower annual commercial energy cost | 48.18 $/year | vs | 67.45 $/year | Around 30% lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
| Significantly lower annual home energy cost | 13.25 $/year | vs | 18.55 $/year | Around 30% lower annual home energy cost | |||
| Newer | Jan, 2013 | vs | Apr, 2012 | Release date 8 months later | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Core i7 3770 vs Celeron G1620
CompuBench 1.5 (Bitcoin mining) Data courtesy CompuBench
CompuBench 1.5 (T-Rex) Data courtesy CompuBench
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated Data courtesy FutureMark
Sky Diver Data courtesy FutureMark
Cloud Gate Data courtesy FutureMark
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Core i7 3770 | vs | Celeron G1620 |
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| Clock speed | 3.4 GHz | 2.7 GHz | |
| Cores | Quad core | Dual core | |
| Socket type | |||
| LGA 1155 | |||
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Supports trusted computing | Yes | No | |
| Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE4 | |||
| AVX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| SSE4.1 | |||
| SSE4.2 | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| AES | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 77W | 55W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 18.55 $/year | 13.25 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 67.45 $/year | 48.18 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 7.25 pt/W | 1.99 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 62.56W | 44.69W | |
bus | |||
| Architecture | DMI | DMI | |
| Number of links | 1 | 1 | |
| Transfer rate | 5,000 MT/s | 5,000 MT/s | |
details | Core i7 3770 | vs | Celeron G1620 |
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| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 8 | 2 | |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 0.5 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 0.25 MB/core | 0.25 MB/core | |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 2 MB | |
| L3 cache per core | 2 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 22 nm | 22 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
| Clock multiplier | 34 | 27 | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclock popularity | 8 | 0 | |
| Overclocked clock speed | 4.03 GHz | 2.79 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.32 GHz | 2.7 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.03 GHz | 2.79 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
| GPU | GPU | GPU | |
| Label | Intel® HD Graphics 4000 | Intel® HD Graphics | |
| Number of displays supported | 3 | 3 | |
| GPU clock speed | 650 MHz | 650 MHz | |
| Turbo clock speed | 1,150 MHz | 1,050 MHz | |
memory controller | |||
| Memory controller | Built-in | Built-in | |
| Memory type | |||
| DDR3-1600 | |||
| DDR3-1333 | |||
| DDR3 | |||
| Channels | Dual Channel | Dual Channel | |
| Supports ECC | No | Yes | |
| Maximum bandwidth | 25,600 MB/s | 21,333.32 MB/s | |
| Maximum memory size | 32,768 MB | 32,768 MB | |
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