Core i5 3570k Review & BenchMarks
Ivy Bridge is the codename for an Intel microprocessor using the Sandy Bridge microarchitecture. The name is also applied more broadly to the 22 nm die shrink of the microarchitecture based on tri-gate ("3D") transistors, which is also used in the future Ivy Bridge-EX and Ivy Bridge-EP microprocessors. Ivy Bridge processors are backwards-compatible with the Sandy Bridge platform, but might require a firmware update. Intel has released new 7-series Panther Point chipsets with integrated USB 3.0 to complement Ivy Bridge.
Volume production of Ivy Bridge chips began in the third quarter of 2011.Quad-core and dual-core-mobile models launched on April 29, 2012 and May 31, 2012 respectively.Core i3 desktop processors, as well as the first 22 nm Pentium were launched and available the first week of September, 2012.
Think of the Core i5-3570K as the Core i5-2500K, but faster and newer. The Core i5-3570K has the same relationship with the stellar Core i7-3770K as the i5-2500K does to the i7-2600K: it’s basically the same but it lacks Hyper-Threading and in this case, it has a little less cache. But when you can pick this baby up for $214.9, it’s hard to argue with this kind of performance.
Perhaps, but what's really interesting for existing Sandy Bridge owners is that Intel's new Z77 platform seems to release more overclocking potential from the outgoing 32nm generation.
We reckon the Z77 is worth a good 200MHz to 300MHz with Sandy Bridge chips, which is intriguing even if it undermines the attraction of the new Core i5 3570K and its Ivy Bridge brethren.
As for the graphics, Intel has indeed upped its game.
World in Conflict at 1,280 x 800 jumps from a sluggish 19 frames per second on the 2500K to a borderline playable 27 frames per second on the new Core i5 3570K, for instance. Skyrim performance is up from 21 frames per second to 25.
In reality though you still need a discrete graphics card for enjoyable gaming.
It's hard to know what to make of the QuickSync video transcode core though.
Performance is up by roughly 10 per cent. It's certainly impressive to observe a whole hour-long HD episode of a TV show crunched down for smartphone consumption in just a few minutes.
Current Prize $214.9 ( Core i5 3570k-BX80637I53570K ).
- Much Affordable.
- Best Performance Vs Money.
- Better than 2500k.
- Improved HD 4000, On chip graphics.
- Improved Power Efficiency.
- Does not perform much better than 2500k as expected.
- Heat issue when overclocked.
