Thursday 6 September 2012

Intel i7 2600k vs i7 3770k, final benchmarks, which one is worth buying ?



Cost:
i7 2600k - Rs. 18,235 (331$)
http://www.theitwares.com/intel-core-2600k-sandy-bridge-34ghz-38ghz-turbo-boost-256kb-cache-cache-1155-quadcore-desktop-processor-bx80623i72600k-p-2220.html



i7 3770k - Rs. 21,500 (390$)
http://www.theitwares.com/intel-core-3770k-bridge-35ghz-39ghz-turbo-1155-quadcore-desktop-processor-intel-graphics-4000-bx80637i73770k-p-3069.html






Benchmarks :

Here I have tabulated overclocked performance from Overclockers Club. We see here that the much hotter 22nm i7 3770k @ 4.7 ghz is in a dead even tie with intel's older and much cooler 32nm 2600k @ 4.9 Ghz.
 


















 
Final thoughts : 


IPC looks like an average of ~5-7% better with ivy bridge. This isn't very impressive at all in my opinion, and I am absolutely confident AMD's next generation Vishera processor will be a larger jump from current FX processors, than this Tick-'Minus' bump from intel. 

Not only do these chips generally overclock less, and run hotter than current sandy bridge offerings, The performance does not justify an upgrade from current Z68/2600k/2700k systems.

If you were thinking about upgrading from your current 2600k/2700k, and overclocking to the max, this chip is simply a big fat side-grade.
i7 3770k is not worth upgrade ! 2600k ftw. 

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