Intel Core i7 3770S vs 2600 |
Released April, 2012
Intel Core i7 3770S
- 3.1 GHz
- Quad core
Reasons to buy the Intel Core i7 3770S
 | Much lower typical power consumption 52.81W | | Much newer manufacturing process 22 nm |
| | More number of displays supported 3 | | Much lower annual home energy cost 15.66 $/year |
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Released January, 2011
Intel Core i7 2600
- 3.4 GHz
- Quad core
Reasons to buy the 2600
| | Higher clock speed 3.4 GHz | | Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.93 GHz |
| | Significantly higher Maximum operating temperature 72.6 °C |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much lower typical power consumption | 52.81W | vs | 114.5W | 2.2x lower typical power consumption | |||
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| Much newer manufacturing process | 22 nm | vs | 32 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
| More number of displays supported | 3 | vs | 2 | 1 more number of displays supported | |||
| Much lower annual home energy cost | 15.66 $/year | vs | 41.87 $/year | 2.7x lower annual home energy cost | |||
| Much lower annual commercial energy cost | 56.94 $/year | vs | 112.13 $/year | Around 50% lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
| Newer | Apr, 2012 | vs | Jan, 2011 | Release date over 1 years later | |||
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| Higher clock speed | 3.4 GHz | vs | 3.1 GHz | Around 10% higher clock speed | |||
| Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.93 GHz | vs | 3.73 GHz | More than 5% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
| Significantly higher Maximum operating temperature | 72.6 °C | vs | 69.1 °C | More than 5% higher Maximum operating temperature | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Core i7 3770S vs 2600
CompuBench 1.5 (Ocean surface simulation) Data courtesy CompuBench
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
GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Core i7 3770S | vs | 2600 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 3.1 GHz | 3.4 GHz | |
| Turbo clock speed | 3.9 GHz | 3.8 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 | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 65W | 95W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 15.66 $/year | 41.87 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 56.94 $/year | 112.13 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 12.46 pt/W | 6.48 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 52.81W | 114.5W | |
memory controller | |||
| Memory controller | Built-in | Built-in | |
| Memory type | |||
| DDR3-1600 | |||
| DDR3-1333 | |||
| DDR3-1066 | |||
| DDR3 | |||
| Channels | Dual Channel | Dual Channel | |
| Supports ECC | No | No | |
| Maximum bandwidth | 25,600 MB/s | 21,333.32 MB/s | |
| Maximum memory size | 32,768 MB | 32,768 MB | |
details | Core i7 3770S | vs | 2600 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 8 | 8 | |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 0.25 MB/core | 0.25 MB/core | |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 8 MB | |
| L3 cache per core | 2 MB/core | 2 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 22 nm | 32 nm | |
| Transistor count | 1,400,000,000 | 1,160,000,000 | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
| Clock multiplier | 31 | 34 | |
| Voltage range | 0.25 - 1.52V | 1.22 - 1.43V | |
| Operating temperature | 5 - 69.1°C | Unknown - 72.6°C | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 3.73 GHz | 3.93 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 3.9 GHz | 3.92 GHz | |
| PassMark (Overclocked) | 3,921.1 | 2,824.9 | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.73 GHz | 3.93 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
| GPU | GPU | GPU | |
| Label | Intel® HD Graphics 4000 | Intel® HD Graphics 2000 | |
| Latest DirectX | 11.x | 10.x | |
| Number of displays supported | 3 | 2 | |
| GPU clock speed | 650 MHz | 850 MHz | |
| Turbo clock speed | 1,150 MHz | 1,350 MHz | |
bus | |||
| Architecture | DMI | DMI | |
| Number of links | 1 | 1 | |
| Transfer rate | 5,000 MT/s | 5,000 MT/s | |
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