Comparison: core i3-7350k vs i5-7600k vs i7

The arrival of the Core i3-7350K has been the first Intel processor with two cores and Hyperthreading technology with the multiplier unlocked for overclocking, many users see it as the perfect candidate to build a gaming team with a contained budget although the processor has a drawback, its price is close to 200 euros so it gets into the terrain of the i5.

Core i3-7350k vs Pentium G4560 vs i5-7600k vs i5-6500 vs i7-7700k benchmarks

The Core i3-7350K is the most powerful processor in the i3 Kaby Lake series, with a dual-core, four-wire configuration running at 4 GHz base frequency and a laudable 4.2 GHz under turbo mode. Its characteristics continue with a 4 MB L3 chaché and a reduced TDP of 61W. Like all Kaby Lake chips it is manufactured under the manufacturing process at 14 nm + FinFET which has reached a great maturity.

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This processor has a sale price of approximately 213 euros, which seems very high for a dual-core chip, more when we can find the Core i5-6500 for 209 euros and with the advantage of having four real cores although less frequently and with the multiplier locked. On the other hand, the Core i5-6600K is priced at 239 euros and offers us four real cores and the unlocked multiplier. With these data, it is difficult for the Core i3-7350K to be a good investment, although nothing better to check it than to see the benchmarks.

Comments and conclusion

As we see in the benchmarks, the Core i3-7350K in its stock configuration is clearly inferior to the Core i5-6500, which has the great advantage of having four physical cores. Overclocked at 4.8 GHz, the Core i3-7350K approaches its rival, although it remains inferior in four games out of the seven in the comparison. The Core i3-7350K also has the problem of seeing how the new Pentium G4560 is capable of offering an exceptional performance for a price of only 65 euros approximately in the Spanish market, we are talking about a processor that costs a third or even less is capable of offering 70-80% of the performance of the Core i3-7350K. Logically, if we compare the Core i3-7350K with its older brothers i5-7600K and i7-7700K, it clearly suffers.

The Core i3-7350K nightmare does not end here, the new AMD Ryzen processors are just around the corner and hopefully offer a much more favorable performance / price ratio than the Core i3-7350K, it seems that the pressure that is getting AMD has come to Intel to do several maneuvers that surely were not in their plans: launch a Pentium with Hyperthreading that puts all Core i3 in check and launch a Core i3 at a price for which we can buy a Core i5.

The Core i3-7350K is an excellent processor for the entry range or even the mid-range, the problem is that it reaches an excessively high speed that does not make sense when we can find an i5 for the same price and even less money than a much better investment for the future by having four physical cores.

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