Intel Ivy Bridge Core i5 3570K & Core i7 3770K Review

👤by David Mitchelson Comments 📅20-04-12
IGP Performance Analysis

An interesting feature that first appeared on the desktop environment with the Sandy Bridge architecture was the integrated graphics on the CPU. This meant that regardless of if you had a discreet graphics solution you always had the ability to use “Built in” processing power to watch movies, view 3D content and take part in some casual gaming.

With Ivy Bridge, Intel have stepped up with new graphics architecture by delivering full DX11 functionality. With HD-4000 there is a significant increase in execution units which mean even greater performance enhancements when compared to HD 2000/3000 - found on Sandy Bridge CPUs. To the end user this should translate to being able to handle 1080p movies, more complex gaming titles and even more intense 3D renders.



Testing procedure

Now in order to test the effectiveness of the IGP on both 3570K and 3770K there are a variety of benchmarks we can test but we have decided upon 3DMark 11 – performance preset 720p and DIRT 3 @ 1680x1050 with low settings and 4xMSAA. For this test AMD’s A8-3870K iGP along with Intel’s 2500K, 3570K and 3770K will be compared plus we will observe the performance advantage to combining integrated graphics with a discreet solution – XFX 7970 Black Edition.

With 3DMark 11 being DX11 only – the 2500K results could not be obtained, hence no score.





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