Intel Core i7 3770 vs i5 3550

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Intel Core i7 3770

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Intel Core i7 3770

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CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the Core i5 3550 vs the Core i7 3770.

CompuBench 1.5 (Face detection)

Core i7 3770

3.02 mPixels/s

Core i5 3550

-1 mPixels/s

CompuBench 1.5 (Ocean surface simulation) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i7 3770

151.63 fps

Core i5 3550

-1 fps

PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i7 3770

3,001

Core i5 3550

2,494

Sky Diver Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i7 3770

2,141

Core i5 3550

1,046

Cloud Gate Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i7 3770

6,072

Core i5 3550

3,295

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 3770

12,524

Core i5 3550

9,872

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 3770

3,236

Core i5 3550

3,044

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 3770

2,660,000 MB/s

Core i5 3550

2,530,000 MB/s

summary	Core i7 3770	i5 3550
Clock speed	3.4 GHz	3.3 GHz
Turbo clock speed	3.9 GHz	3.7 GHz
Cores	Quad core	Quad core
Socket type
LGA 1155
Is unlocked	No	No
features
Has a NX bit	Yes	Yes
Supports trusted computing	Yes	Yes
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
integrated graphics
GPU	GPU	GPU
Label	Intel® HD Graphics 4000	Intel® HD Graphics 2500
Latest DirectX	11.x	11.x
Number of displays supported	3	3
GPU clock speed	650 MHz	650 MHz
Turbo clock speed	1,150 MHz	1,150 MHz
bus
Architecture	DMI	DMI 2.0
Number of links	1	1
Transfer rate	5,000 MT/s	5,000 MT/s

details	Core i7 3770	i5 3550
Architecture	x86-64	x86-64
Threads	8	4
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB
L2 cache per core	0.25 MB/core	0.25 MB/core
L3 cache	8 MB	6 MB
L3 cache per core	2 MB/core	1.5 MB/core
Manufacture process	22 nm	22 nm
Transistor count	1,300,000,000	1,400,000,000
Max CPUs	1	1
Clock multiplier	34	33
Operating temperature	Unknown - 67.4°C	Unknown - 67.4°C
overclocking
Overclock popularity	8	11
Overclock review score	0.9	0
Overclocked clock speed	4.03 GHz	3.85 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	4.32 GHz	3.39 GHz
PassMark (Overclocked)	3,085.5	2,349.5
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	4.03 GHz	3.85 GHz
power consumption
TDP	77W	77W
Annual home energy cost	18.55 $/year	40.21 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost	67.45 $/year	110.38 $/year
Performance per watt	7.25 pt/W	4.48 pt/W
Typical power consumption	62.56W	111.75W
memory controller
Memory controller	Built-in	Built-in
Memory type
DDR3-1600
DDR3-1333
DDR3
Channels	Dual Channel	Dual Channel
Supports ECC	No	No
Maximum bandwidth	25,600 MB/s	25,600 MB/s
Maximum memory size	32,768 MB	32,768 MB

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$240		$280
3770 vs 4770

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$240		$180
3770 vs 3470

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$240		$264
3770 vs 3770K

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$240		$305
3770 vs 2600

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$240		$168
3770 vs 3570

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$240		$190
3770 vs 4460

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3770 vs 4590

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$305		$300
W3520 vs 2500

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$272		$350
4790K vs 6700K

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$281
4200U vs 6410

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6200U vs 7th Gen A9-9410

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$180
3470 vs 5200

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4005U vs N3540

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Intel Core i7 3770 vs i5 3550