Intel Core i7-3770K
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Intel Core i7-3770K vs AMD Athlon Silver 3050e. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q2/2012
Intel Core i7-3770K
Intel Core i7-3770K
Released
Q1/2020
Overall score
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AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
AMD Athlon Silver 3050e

What's the best choice Intel Core i7-3770K or AMD Athlon Silver 3050e? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Intel Core i7-3770K has a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. 4 Cores. Power consumption of 77 W. Released in Q2/2012.

AMD Athlon Silver 3050e has a maximum frequency of 1.40 GHz. 2 / 4 Cores. Power consumption of 6 W. Released in Q1/2020.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    860 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 60% better clock speed

    3.50 GHz left arrow 1.40 GHz
  • More number of cores

    2 times more cores

    4 left arrow 2
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 28% better overclocked clock speed

    3.90 GHz left arrow 2.80 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i7-3770K CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    469 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    359 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    564 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    445 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    677 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    695 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1163 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    55 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    236 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    241 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    329 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    250 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
    304 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    735 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1682 left arrow score
  • Performance per watt

    About 0.08 times less performance per watt

    6 W left arrow 77 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Athlon Silver 3050e CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1001 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1252 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    968 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Core i7-3770K Intel Core i7-3770K
AMD Athlon Silver 3050e AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Mobile
  • Family
    Intel Core i7 left arrow AMD Athlon
  • Generation
    3 left arrow 4
  • CPU group
    Intel Core i 3000 left arrow AMD Athlon Silver 3000
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Frequency
    3.50 GHz left arrow 1.40 GHz
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    3.90 GHz left arrow 2.80 GHz
  • Hyperthreading
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    Intel HD Graphics 4000 left arrow AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics
  • GPU frequency
    0.65 GHz left arrow 1.00 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    1.15 GHz left arrow No turbo
  • Execution units
    16 left arrow 3
  • Shader
    128 left arrow 192
  • Max. GPU Memory
    -- left arrow 2 GB
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow 3
  • Generation
    7 left arrow 8
  • Technology
    22 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Release date
    Q1/2011 left arrow Q1/2018
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    Decode left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Athlon Silver 3050e and Intel Core i7-3770K. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR3-1600 left arrow DDR4-2400
  • Max. Memory
    32 GB left arrow 32 GB
  • ECC
    No left arrow Yes
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-3770K and AMD Athlon Silver 3050e to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    77 W left arrow 6 W
  • Tjunction max.
    -- left arrow 95 °C
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-3770K and Intel Core i7-3770K, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L2-Cache
    -- left arrow 1.00 MB
  • L3-Cache
    8.00 MB left arrow 4.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Ivy Bridge S left arrow Dali (Zen)
  • Technology
    22 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Socket
    LGA 1155 left arrow FP5
  • Release date
    Q2/2012 left arrow Q1/2020

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Core i7-3770K and AMD Athlon Silver 3050e.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
873
Intel Core i7-3770K
628
AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
3409
Intel Core i7-3770K
1177
AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games
294
Intel Core i7-3770K
384
AMD Athlon Silver 3050e

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