Intel Core i7 3770K Ivy Bridge HD 4000 vs. Sandy Bridge Benchmarks of the Intel Core i7 3770K Ivy Bridge processor with its HD 4000 graphics compared to Intel Core i5 2500K Sandy Bridge with HD 3000 graphics and Intel Core i5 2400S with HD 2000 graphics. There's also benchmarks of the AMD Fusion A8-3870K Llano APU using both the Catalyst Linux driver and open-source Radeon Gallium3D stack. The Intel driver and ATI/AMD Gallium3D testing was done using the same Mesa 8.1-devel Git master snapshot, Linux 3.4 development kernel, libdrm Git, and xf86-video-intel / xf86-video-ati Git master. Testing for future article. AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst: Processor: AMD A8-3870 APU @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H, Chipset: AMD Family 12h Root Complex, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6550D 1024MB (600/667MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: fglrx 8.96.4, OpenGL: 4.2.11627, Compiler: GCC 4.7.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D: Processor: AMD A8-3870 APU @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H, Chipset: AMD Family 12h Root Complex, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6550D 1024MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.4.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-e44089b) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i5 2400S: Processor: Intel Core i5-2400S @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Desktop (GT1), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.4.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.18.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-e44089b), Compiler: GCC 4.7.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i5 2500K: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Desktop (GT2), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.4.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.18.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-e44089b), Compiler: GCC 4.7.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i7 3770K: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivy DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel Ivy (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.4.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.18.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-e44089b), Compiler: GCC 4.7.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 Cairo Trace: Poppler Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 3.56 |========= AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 18.45 |============================================= Intel Core i5 2400S ...... 5.19 |============= Intel Core i5 2500K ...... 4.86 |============ Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 3.22 |======== cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 Cairo Trace: Firefox Canvas Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 103.60 |========= AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 535.74 |============================================ Intel Core i5 2400S ...... 49.72 |==== Intel Core i5 2500K ...... 44.84 |==== Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 33.45 |=== cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 Cairo Trace: GNOME Terminal Vim Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 9.87 |========= AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 49.87 |============================================= Intel Core i5 2400S ...... 13.86 |============= Intel Core i5 2500K ...... 13.06 |============ Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 8.37 |======== ETXreaL 0.3.0-20111110 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 152.03 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 13.20 |==== Intel Core i5 2400S ...... 26.53 |======== Intel Core i5 2500K ...... 41.13 |============ Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 48.40 |============== Lightsmark 2008 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 184.45 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 19.78 |===== Intel Core i5 2400S ...... 26.92 |====== Intel Core i5 2500K ...... 33.73 |======== Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 55.33 |============= Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 800 x 600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 70.45 |===================================== AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 35.66 |=================== Intel Core i5 2400S ...... 44.81 |======================= Intel Core i5 2500K ...... 51.37 |=========================== Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 86.44 |============================================= Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 62.65 |======================================== AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 29.05 |=================== Intel Core i5 2400S ...... 34.95 |======================= Intel Core i5 2500K ...... 40.48 |========================== Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 69.64 |============================================= Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 52.95 |============================================= AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 21.73 |================== Intel Core i5 2400S ...... 25.86 |====================== Intel Core i5 2500K ...... 30.36 |========================== Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 52.05 |============================================ Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 51.89 |============================================= AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 16.15 |============== Intel Core i5 2400S ...... 20.51 |================== Intel Core i5 2500K ...... 24.50 |===================== Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 42.20 |===================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 47.55 |============================================= AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 16.15 |=============== Intel Core i5 2400S ...... 20.51 |=================== Intel Core i5 2500K ...... 24.49 |======================= Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 42.35 |======================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 44.93 |============================================= AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 16.45 |================ Intel Core i5 2400S ...... 20.50 |===================== Intel Core i5 2500K ...... 24.52 |========================= Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 42.36 |========================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 800 x 600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 214.73 |===================================== AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 79.97 |============== Intel Core i5 2400S ...... 182.97 |=============================== Intel Core i5 2500K ...... 219.73 |====================================== Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 257.13 |============================================ OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 212.20 |==================================== AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 80.50 |============== Intel Core i5 2400S ...... 183.57 |=============================== Intel Core i5 2500K ...... 220.67 |====================================== Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 257.43 |============================================ OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 187.33 |================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 80.73 |============== Intel Core i5 2400S ...... 183.80 |================================ Intel Core i5 2500K ...... 221.47 |====================================== Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 256.63 |============================================ OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 180.60 |========================================== AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 46.60 |=========== Intel Core i5 2400S ...... 93.80 |====================== Intel Core i5 2500K ...... 117.03 |=========================== Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 188.80 |============================================ OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 231.20 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 40.80 |======== Intel Core i5 2400S ...... 76.77 |=============== Intel Core i5 2500K ...... 97.03 |================== Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 156.93 |============================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 145.33 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 38.37 |============ Intel Core i5 2400S ...... 74.20 |====================== Intel Core i5 2500K ...... 90.07 |=========================== Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 143.00 |=========================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 800 x 600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 76.90 |================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 41.50 |================= Intel Core i5 2400S ...... 61.93 |========================== Intel Core i5 2500K ...... 75.27 |=============================== Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 105.73 |============================================ OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 65.87 |======================================= AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 28.30 |================= Intel Core i5 2400S ...... 47.30 |============================ Intel Core i5 2500K ...... 56.37 |================================== Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 75.43 |============================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 48.50 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 18.20 |================ Intel Core i5 2400S ...... 30.73 |============================ Intel Core i5 2500K ...... 37.27 |================================== Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 49.70 |============================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 45.37 |============================================= AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 15.10 |=============== Intel Core i5 2400S ...... 26.10 |========================== Intel Core i5 2500K ...... 31.33 |=============================== Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 41.40 |========================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 31.77 |========================================== AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 12.70 |================= Intel Core i5 2400S ...... 20.60 |=========================== Intel Core i5 2500K ...... 25.50 |================================== Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 33.93 |============================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 33.70 |============================================= AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 11.00 |=============== Intel Core i5 2400S ...... 19.03 |========================= Intel Core i5 2500K ...... 23.53 |=============================== Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 29.97 |======================================== Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 107.17 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 12.40 |===== Intel Core i5 2400S ...... 30.70 |============= Intel Core i5 2500K ...... 45.67 |=================== Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 85.10 |=================================== Smokin Guns 1.1b4 Resolution: 800 x 600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 157.07 |========================================= AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 71.97 |=================== Intel Core i5 2400S ...... 111.37 |============================= Intel Core i5 2500K ...... 141.27 |===================================== Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 169.57 |============================================ Smokin Guns 1.1b4 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 156.10 |=========================================== AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 70.37 |=================== Intel Core i5 2400S ...... 94.63 |========================== Intel Core i5 2500K ...... 128.83 |=================================== Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 159.77 |============================================ Smokin Guns 1.1b4 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 151.27 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 63.13 |================== Intel Core i5 2400S ...... 71.43 |===================== Intel Core i5 2500K ...... 108.23 |=============================== Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 148.27 |=========================================== Smokin Guns 1.1b4 Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 150.93 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 55.47 |================ Intel Core i5 2400S ...... 63.57 |=================== Intel Core i5 2500K ...... 98.60 |============================= Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 143.40 |========================================== Smokin Guns 1.1b4 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 83.23 |=========================== AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 48.33 |================ Intel Core i5 2400S ...... 55.90 |================== Intel Core i5 2500K ...... 86.60 |============================ Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 136.53 |============================================ Smokin Guns 1.1b4 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 145.67 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 43.30 |============= Intel Core i5 2400S ...... 59.23 |================== Intel Core i5 2500K ...... 88.73 |=========================== Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 133.35 |======================================== Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 95.63 |========================================== AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 41.00 |================== Intel Core i5 2400S ...... 52.80 |======================= Intel Core i5 2500K ...... 77.17 |================================== Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 101.33 |============================================ VDrift 2010-06-30 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 17.37 |========= AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 12.95 |======= Intel Core i5 2400S ...... 38.76 |===================== Intel Core i5 2500K ...... 56.09 |============================== Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 82.78 |============================================= Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 81.67 |============================================= AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 16.77 |========= Intel Core i5 2400S ...... 21.07 |============ Intel Core i5 2500K ...... 32.20 |================== Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 58.77 |================================ Doom 3 1.3.1 Resolution: 800 x 600 - Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 127.57 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 35.07 |============ Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 83.77 |============================= Doom 3 1.3.1 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 121.63 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 24.07 |========= Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 66.93 |======================== Doom 3 1.3.1 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 104.07 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 15.40 |======= Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 47.87 |==================== Doom 3 1.3.1 Resolution: 1400 x 1050 - Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 97.97 |============================================= AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 13.50 |====== Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 44.83 |===================== Doom 3 1.3.1 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 - Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 88.07 |============================================= AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 11.70 |====== Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 40.20 |===================== Doom 3 1.3.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 78.83 |============================================= AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 10.20 |====== Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 34.90 |==================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 146.54 |============================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 83.61 |================ Intel Core i5 2400S ...... 150.53 |============================= Intel Core i5 2500K ...... 177.01 |================================== Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 228.11 |============================================ Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 142.02 |============================== AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 76.46 |================ Intel Core i5 2400S ...... 111.98 |======================== Intel Core i5 2500K ...... 138.64 |============================= Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 207.96 |============================================ Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 136.86 |====================================== AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 56.35 |================ Intel Core i5 2400S ...... 79.08 |====================== Intel Core i5 2500K ...... 98.09 |=========================== Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 159.10 |============================================ Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1400 x 1050 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 133.47 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 39.45 |============= Intel Core i5 2400S ...... 61.99 |==================== Intel Core i5 2500K ...... 76.76 |========================= Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 124.06 |========================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 129.86 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 39.43 |============= Intel Core i5 2400S ...... 61.95 |===================== Intel Core i5 2500K ...... 76.53 |========================== Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 123.95 |========================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 126.26 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 39.44 |============== Intel Core i5 2400S ...... 61.99 |====================== Intel Core i5 2500K ...... 76.73 |=========================== Intel Core i7 3770K ...... 123.85 |===========================================