CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 3770 vs 3550 among desktop CPUs (over 75W)

Performance

Benchmark performance using all cores
Core i7 3770
7.6
Core i5 3550
6.0
Core i7 3770K
9.7
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

Single-core Performance

Individual core benchmark performance
Core i7 3770
10.0
Core i5 3550
10.0
Core i7 3770K
10.0
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

Integrated Graphics

Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Core i7 3770
1.2
Core i5 3550
0.6
Core i7 3770K
1.2
Fire Strike

Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)

Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Core i7 3770
0.1
Core i5 3550
0.0
Core i7 3770K
2.5
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

Performance per Watt

How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Core i7 3770
7.8
Core i5 3550
7.2
Core i7 3770K
9.0
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

Value

Are you paying a premium for performance?
Core i7 3770
5.1
Core i5 3550
n.d.
Core i7 3770K
5.3
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more
6.4

CPUBoss Score

Combination of all six facets
Core i7 3770
6.4
Core i5 3550
6.2
Core i7 3770K
7.3

Winner
Intel Core i7 3770 

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Benchmarks Real world tests of Core i7 3770 vs i5 3550

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

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

 Core i7 3770  vs
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  vs
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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