Intel Core i7-3770 Benchmark, Test and specs

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CPU lineage

The Intel Core i7-3770 features 4 processor cores and has the capability to manage 8 threads concurrently. It was released in Q2/2012 and belongs to the 3 generation of the Intel Core i7 series. To use the Intel Core i7-3770, you'll need a motherboard with a LGA 1155 socket.
Name: Intel Core i7-3770
Family: Intel Core i7
Group: Intel Core i 3000
Segment: Desktop / Server
Generation: 3

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-3770 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-3770 is 3.4 GHz and turbo frequency for one core is 3.9 GHz.
CPU Cores: 4
Threads: 8
Cores: 4x
Core architecture: normal
Hyperthreading: Yes
Overclocking: Yes
Frequency: 3.4 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 core): 3.9 GHz
Turbo Frequency (all cores): 3.9 GHz

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i7-3770 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i7-3770 uses the Intel HD Graphics 4000, which has 128 texture shaders and 16 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
GPU name: Intel HD Graphics 4000
GPU frequency: 0.65 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.15 GHz
Execution units: 16
Shaders: 128
Max. GPU Memory: 2.0 GB
Max. displays: --
Generation: 7
Direct X: 11.0
Technology: 22 nm
Release date: Q1/2011

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
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 processor supports a maximum memory capacity of 32.0 GB distributed across 2 memory channels. It offers a peak memory bandwidth of 25.6 GB/s. Both the type and quantity of memory can have a substantial impact on the overall system performance.
Memory type: DDR3-1600
Max. Memory: 32.0 GB
Memory channels: 2
Bandwidth: 25.6 GB/s
ECC: No
PCIe: pci
AES-NI: Yes

Thermal Management

The processor has a thermal design power (TDP) of 77 W watts. TDP indicates the cooling solution needed to effectively manage the processor's heat. It generally provides an approximate indication of the actual power consumption of the CPU itself.
TDP (PL1 / PBP): 77 W
TDP (PL2): None
TDP up: None
TDP down: None
Tjunction max: --

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-3770 is manufactured using a 22 nm process. A smaller manufacturing process indicates a more contemporary and energy-efficient CPU. In total, this processor boasts a generous 8.0 MB cache. A substantial cache can significantly enhance the processor's performance, particularly in scenarios like gaming.
Technology: 22 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: LGA 1155
L2-Cache: 0 bytes
L3-Cache: 8.0 MB
Architecture: Ivy Bridge S
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: 240 $
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet
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Benchmarks

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
4C 8T @ 3.5 GHz
13479
13479
Intel Core i7-5750HQ
4C 8T @ 2.5 GHz
13305
13305
Intel Core i7-3770
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
13296
13296
AMD Ryzen 7 3780U
4C 8T @ 2.3 GHz
13214
13214
AMD Ryzen 7 3700U
4C 8T @ 2.3 GHz
13214
13214

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Intel Core i7-4870HQ
4C 8T @ 2.5 GHz
6412
6412
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz
6404
6404
Intel Core i7-3770
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
6402
6402
Intel Xeon D-1528
6C 12T @ 1.9 GHz
6399
6399
Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
8C 8T @ 2.4 GHz
6398
6398

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5-6600
4C 4T @ 3.3 GHz
3741
3741
Intel Core i3-8100B
4C 4T @ 3.6 GHz
3698
3698
Intel Core i7-3770
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
3650
3650
Intel Core i3-8100
4C 4T @ 3.6 GHz
3618
3618
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2200G
4C 4T @ 3.5 GHz
3587
3587

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

Intel Xeon E5-2695 v3
14C 28T @ 2.3 GHz
3429
3429
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3
12C 24T @ 2.5 GHz
3429
3429
Intel Core i7-3770
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
3424
3424
Intel Xeon E5-2623 v3
4C 8T @ 3.0 GHz
3422
3422
Intel Core i5-6300HQ
4C 4T @ 2.3 GHz
3421
3421

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Intel Xeon E3-1240L v5
4C 8T @ 2.1 GHz
3356
3356
Samsung Exynos 2100
8C 8T @ 2.9 GHz
3355
3355
Intel Core i7-3770
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
3351
3351
Intel Xeon E7-4830 v2
10C 20T @ 2.2 GHz
3349
3349
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3350GE
4C 4T @ 3.3 GHz
3344
3344

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Intel Atom C5325
8C 8T @ 2.4 GHz
2418
2418
Intel Core i7-2700K
4C 8T @ 3.5 GHz
2418
2418
Intel Core i7-3770
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
2418
2418
Intel Core i7-2700K
4C 8T @ 3.5 GHz
2418
2418
Intel Atom C5325
8C 8T @ 2.4 GHz
2418
2418

V-Ray CPU-Render Benchmark

Intel Core i5-7500
4C 4T @ 3.4 GHz
2360
2360
Intel Core i5-4590
4C 4T @ 3.3 GHz
2341
2341
Intel Core i7-3770
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
2310
2310
Intel Core i5-6400
4C 4T @ 2.7 GHz
2254
2254
Intel Core i5-4460
4C 4T @ 3.2 GHz
2219
2219

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5-8300H
4C 8T @ 2.3 GHz
1833
1833
Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2
4C 8T @ 3.7 GHz
1829
1829
Intel Core i7-3770
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
1828
1828
Intel Core i5-8350U
4C 8T @ 1.7 GHz
1821
1821
Intel Core i7-6820HK
4C 8T @ 2.7 GHz
1802
1802

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i3-8100
4C 4T @ 3.6 GHz
1444
1444
Intel Core i7-8705G
4C 8T @ 3.1 GHz
1439
1439
Intel Core i7-3770
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
1419
1419
Intel Core i5-6600
4C 4T @ 3.3 GHz
1411
1411
Intel Core i5-7640X
4C 8T @ 4.0 GHz
1409
1409

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Intel Xeon D-2173IT
14C 28T @ 1.7 GHz
851
851
Intel Xeon D-2146NT
8C 16T @ 2.3 GHz
851
851
Intel Core i7-3770
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
851
851
Intel Xeon D-2177NT
14C 28T @ 1.9 GHz
851
851
Intel Xeon D-2146NT
8C 16T @ 2.3 GHz
851
851

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
4C 8T @ 2.2 GHz
823
823
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700U
4C 8T @ 2.2 GHz
823
823
Intel Core i7-3770
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
820
820
Intel Core i3-8100T
4C 4T @ 3.1 GHz
818
818
Intel Core i5-4590
4C 4T @ 3.3 GHz
811
811

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Intel Pentium G3460
2C 2T @ 3.5 GHz
732
732
Intel Core i5-3570S
4C 4T @ 3.1 GHz
732
732
Intel Core i7-3770
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
732
732
Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G
NoneC NoneT @ --
732
732
Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
NoneC NoneT @ --
732
732

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i7-3770K
4C 8T @ 3.5 GHz
672
672
Intel Core i7-4790S
4C 8T @ 3.2 GHz
671
671
Intel Core i7-3770
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
669
669
Intel Core i5-8257U
4C 8T @ 1.4 GHz
667
667
Intel Core i7-5850EQ
4C 8T @ 2.7 GHz
666
666

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Intel Core i5-7400
4C 4T @ 3.0 GHz
623.6
623.6
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5
4C 4T @ 3.3 GHz
616.6
616.6
Intel Core i7-3770
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
597.8
597.8
Intel Core i7-3770K
4C 8T @ 3.5 GHz
597.4
597.4
Intel Core i5-4670K
4C 4T @ 3.4 GHz
581
581

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i5-3570
4C 4T @ 3.4 GHz
372
372
AMD Ryzen 7 3750H
4C 8T @ 2.3 GHz
369
369
Intel Core i7-3770
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
368
368
Intel Core i7-2600K
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
365
365
Intel Core i7-7700HQ
4C 8T @ 2.8 GHz
362
362

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i5-6300U
2C 4T @ 2.4 GHz
299
299
Intel Xeon Gold 5120
14C 28T @ 2.2 GHz
298
298
Intel Core i7-3770
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
298
298
Intel Xeon Gold 5120
14C 28T @ 2.2 GHz
298
298
AMD EPYC 7351
16C 32T @ 2.4 GHz
296
296

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i7-3770S
4C 8T @ 3.1 GHz
294
294
Intel Core i7-3632QM
4C 8T @ 2.2 GHz
294
294
Intel Core i7-3770
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
294
294
Intel Core i7-3770K
4C 8T @ 3.5 GHz
294
294
Intel Core i5-3570K
4C 4T @ 3.4 GHz
294
294

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

AMD Ryzen 5 3450U
4C 8T @ 2.1 GHz
134
134
Intel Core i7-4710MQ
4C 8T @ 2.5 GHz
134
134
Intel Core i7-3770
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
134
134
Intel Core i7-4770T
4C 8T @ 2.5 GHz
134
134
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U
4C 4T @ 2.0 GHz
134
134

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

Intel Core i5-8259U
4C 8T @ 2.3 GHz
52
52
Intel Core i5-4670
4C 4T @ 3.4 GHz
51
51
Intel Core i7-3770
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
49
49
Intel Core i5-8300H
4C 8T @ 2.3 GHz
48
48
Intel Core i7-10510U
4C 8T @ 1.8 GHz
47
47

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)

Intel Celeron 2980U
2C 2T @ 1.4 GHz
13.2
13.2
Intel Core i7-3770K
4C 8T @ 3.5 GHz
13.2
13.2
Intel Core i7-3770
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
13.2
13.2
Intel Celeron 2981U
2C 2T @ 1.4 GHz
13.2
13.2
Intel Core i7-3770K
4C 8T @ 3.5 GHz
13.2
13.2

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i7-6700HQ
4C 8T @ 2.6 GHz
7.5
7.5
Intel Core i7-5700HQ
4C 8T @ 2.7 GHz
7.5
7.5
Intel Core i7-3770
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
7.5
7.5
Intel Core i5-8400T
6C 6T @ 1.7 GHz
7.4
7.4
Intel Core i7-6700T
4C 8T @ 2.8 GHz
7.4
7.4

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Intel Core i7-5850HQ
4C 8T @ 2.7 GHz
1.7
1.7
Intel Xeon E5-2667 v2
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
1.7
1.7
Intel Core i7-3770
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
1.7
1.7
Intel Xeon E5-2667 v2
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
1.7
1.7
Intel Core i7-5850HQ
4C 8T @ 2.7 GHz
1.7
1.7