Monday, March 18th 2013
Intel Core i7-4770K "Haswell" Tested, Not a Leap Ahead of i7-3770K, But Consistent
Intel's upcoming performance desktop processor Core i7-4770K, based on its next-generation "Haswell" micro-architecture, got its first formal performance preview by Tom's Hardware, which compared it to its two predecessors, the Core i7-3770K "Ivy Bridge" and Core i7-2700K "Sandy Bridge." The three were put through a battery of synthetic and real-world tests, including SiSoft SANDRA, real-world media transcoders, MSVS code compilation, and 3DSMax 2012.
In some tests, the i7-4770K offers as much of a performance upgrade over the i7-3770K, as it does over the i7-2700K, in others, it's less than linear. In its conclusion, Tom's Hardware notes that it found the i7-4770K on average, 7 to 13 percent faster than the i7-3770K in today's multi-threaded workloads, which is roughly consistent with what the i7-3770K offered over its predecessor, the i7-2700K. Find the entire preview in the source link below. Intel's Core "Haswell" line of desktop processors are expected to launch in June, 2013.
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Tom's Hardware
In some tests, the i7-4770K offers as much of a performance upgrade over the i7-3770K, as it does over the i7-2700K, in others, it's less than linear. In its conclusion, Tom's Hardware notes that it found the i7-4770K on average, 7 to 13 percent faster than the i7-3770K in today's multi-threaded workloads, which is roughly consistent with what the i7-3770K offered over its predecessor, the i7-2700K. Find the entire preview in the source link below. Intel's Core "Haswell" line of desktop processors are expected to launch in June, 2013.
104 Comments on Intel Core i7-4770K "Haswell" Tested, Not a Leap Ahead of i7-3770K, But Consistent
Though I am contemplating a FX-8320 at this point just for something new to play around with, and they're dirt cheap...
Moving to AMD, for gaming, might be the smart move. I'm seriously considering it myself. If only they could get a decent GPU driver out...
Seriously, I honestly hope that too :toast:
People shouldn't really be expecting too much in the way of performance improvements on the CPU side of things, Intel is sacrificing pure IPC to fit their IGP on chip. Not a bad tradeoff for most.
by processor multimeda float/integer/double its at least 40% faster.
That bandwidth int/float AVX could be sisoftSandra compatibility issue since 3gb/s slower, i doubt they would cripple memory bandwidth.
Also it will OC better, it has similar OC tweaks like SB-E unlocked bus? Imo another bonus, also fixed soldering like mentioned by Anandtech and option to upgrade to Broadwell
btw im aiming for this i7 4770K :pimp:
I have an i5-3570K, but would consider a 4670K if they fixed the heat problem by soldering the spreader. My CPU just doesn't seem to be able to go to 4.4 and stay stable, at lowest stable voltage it hits 80c running IBT or Prime95, even in the Winter with 4 fans on my H100, and of course it's higher in Summer. I keep it at 4.3 to avoid long term degradation from the heat. K series chips are designed to overclock, so quit with the wimpy TIM, Intel, and go back to solder!
I like to buy efficient products, so this is just my two cents. Why should I waste my electricity on an older or under-performing product that will also increase my cooling costs because it's just dumping out extra heat? It's why I've switched to Intel for many of my machines, as the processors perform great and are quite conservative for their performance. I'd love to help AMD out more, but I feel like the energy and cooling costs greatly outweigh Intel's higher initial cost, especially when using the chip under full load 24/7 for a few years. I'll be keeping an eye on their future products, though.
Sounds like a clock increase more than anything (better boost) aside from multimedia using the newer instructions that are tweaked.
Sandra is a joke. Even it can be made to show 15% more (saw 30% for a specific test lol) for IVB over SB LOL. What a worthless app.
I believe Xeons and LGA2011/1366 chips do usually have higher TDP than lesser mainstream parts, no?
And it still has no solder...
and, it's just the CPU core active, not the CPU core AND the GPU, which means that 87W is contained within a smaller space than any 3770K. There's nothing wrong with the current Paste-using chips, they don't wrong too hot...people's perceptions of what is too hot is what the problem is.
There is nothing for either of us to argue about here, what I said earlier wasn't wrong. Comparing CPUs from the same targeted segment, mainstream i7s, Haswell is rated for a higher TDP than Ivy Bridge.
Not saying you are mistaken though, the temperature increase is indeed negligible. But still, people's got right to wish for even a couple of degrees drop in temps.
P.S: I didn't say Haswell will use solder, I think i threw in "hopefully" somewhere around.
Boards are changing because power delivery is changing, really. That's all. Spending MILLIONS in R&D for socket and chipset tech wouldn't be done unless absolutely required. Intel needs more power for iGPU, and did it, but required new socket. We've known about these chips and the new socket for literally years now. It's not like they decided at the last moment to change...this a plan that has been years in the making, finally coming to fruition.
After doing board reviews for a couple of years now, this is what really separates one brand from another...quality of materials used, and BIOS. I cannot say I have learned anything else from doing reviews, other than that the bit of extra access I had hoped for just isn't there.
Intel does a lot to help board partners, in a way that I don't see from AMD, when reviewing boards. I guess it's good, since that will allow greater difference between brands, but then I realize that there are only about 4 people globally with the skills to really deliver a great board product. The market is going to shift quite a bit after this all ends, I fear, and it might make things quite bad for the consumer.
Yes some boards they made didn't have solid caps and they indeed released some crap too, but which company didn't? They have good stable boards in every generations, and I like every good board regardless of the brand, so it's a loss for the industry imho.