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Best Bench: 66% Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 48% Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)

Poor: 48% Great: 66%

SPEED RANK: 604^th / 1442

Gaming 59%

Gunboat

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

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Best Bench: 89% Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 61% Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)

Poor: 61% Great: 89%

SPEED RANK: 212^th / 1442

Gaming 82%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 66%

Battle cruiser


Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		58.5 %			81.8 %	Much faster effective speed. +40%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	80.9 Pts	84.9 Pts	+5%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	82.7 Pts	113 Pts	Much faster single-core speed. +37%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	145 Pts	224 Pts	Much faster dual-core speed. +54%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	211 Pts	434 Pts	Hugely faster quad-core speed. +106%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	214 Pts	564 Pts	Hugely faster octa-core speed. +164%


Memory OC Memory Latency	93.3 Pts	94.2 Pts	+1%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	91.8 Pts	120 Pts	Much faster OC single-core speed. +31%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	173 Pts	237 Pts	Much faster OC dual-core speed. +37%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	232 Pts	471 Pts	Hugely faster OC quad-core speed. +103%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	232 Pts	657 Pts	Hugely faster OC octa-core speed. +183%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0 %	0.8 %	Insanely higher market share. +∞%
Value Value For Money	56.1 %	101 %	Much better value. +79%
User Rating UBM User Rating	51 %	61 %	More popular. +20%
Price Price (score)	$325	$131	Much cheaper. +60%


Age Newest	140 Months		78 Months	Much more recent. +44%
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watts	More energy efficient. +15%	65 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	2 cores		6 cores	Hugely higher core count. +200%
Threads CPU Processing Threads	4 threads		6 threads	Much higher thread count. +50%
Lithography Manufacturing process	22 nm		14 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +36%
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.3 GHz	Faster base frequency. +18%	2.8 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.3 GHz		4 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +21%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	233 Pts		675 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +190%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	215 Pts		588 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +173%


Series CPU Architecture	Ivy Bridge	Coffee Lake
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1155	FCLGA1151
Graphics Integrated Graphics	HD 4000	UHD 630
Launch Date Launch Date	Q3'12	Q4'17
Cache Cache	3 MB SmartCache	9 MB
Instruction Set Extensions Instruction Set Extensions	SSE4.1/4.2, AVX	SSE4.1/4.2, AVX2
Lithography Lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Recommended Price Recommended Customer Price	$134.00	N/A
Bus Speed Bus Speed	5 GT/s DMI	8 GT/s DMI3
Thermal Solution Specification Thermal Solution Specification	2011C	PCG 2015C (65W)
Max Memory Size Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)	32 GB	64 GB
Memory Types Memory Types	DDR3 1333/1600	DDR4-2666
Processor Graphics Processor Graphics ‡	Intel® HD Graphics 4000	Intel® UHD Graphics 630
Graphics Base Frequency Graphics Base Frequency	650 MHz	350 MHz
Turbo Boost Tech Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡	No	2.0
Hyper-Threading Tech Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡	Yes	No
Virtualization for Directed I/O (VT-d) Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) ‡	No	Yes
AES New Instructions Intel® AES New Instructions	No	Yes
Secure Key Secure Key	No	Yes
PCI Express Revision PCI Express Revision	2.0	3.0
PCI Express Configurations PCI Express Configurations ‡	up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8 & 2x4	Up to 1x16 or 2x8 or 1x8+2x4
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The Core i3-3225 Ivy Bridge processor offers both superb real world performance and excellent value for money. For raw single threaded performance the i3-3225 scores 28% lower than the i7-3770K but costs less than half as much. At first glance one might assume that I am crazy for recommending a puny Core-i3 over the mighty Core-i7's but for real world consumer use there is simply no point in having 4 cores and 8 threads, they will hardly ever be used. All of the third gen Ivy Bridge Core-i3s are superb but the i3-3225 sports the slightly more 3D capable HD 4000 Graphics vs the HD 2500 offered on the other models. For real-world performance in an energy efficient package with modest on-board graphics, this is a superb choice. For most use cases including: email, surfing, watching movies, listening to music and office apps, this processor will deliver almost as good an experience as any other processor on the market. ^{[Jun '13 CPUPro]}

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The i5-8400 is a competitively priced hex-core processor from Intel’s 8th generation of Core processors (Coffee Lake). Along with the release of the unlocked i5-8600K, this is the first time that six-core processors have featured in the i5 line-up. Like the other Coffee Lake processors, the i5-8400 is based upon an improved version of Intel’s 14nm architecture which featured in both Skylake and Kaby Lake. Early benchmarks reveal that for average quad core usage (most games employ a maximum of four cores) the i5-8400 performs way above its pay grade. It achieves quad core mixed speeds close to Intel’s outgoing 2017 flagship the $300, quad-core, 8 thread i7-7700k, which to date has been a strong favourite for high-end gaming setups. On paper, the i5-8400 has a base clock of 2.8 GHz (Intel are significantly downplaying the performance of this SKU by giving it a relatively low nominal base clock), an all core boost of 3.8 GHz (this is the effective base clock figure that counts) and a single core boost of 4 GHz. This compares reasonably well to the i5-8600K which has a base clock of 3.6 GHz, all core boost of 4.1 GHz and a single core boost of 4.3 GHz. The i5-8400 also features 9MB of L3 cache and an energy-thrifty TDP of 65W. Priced at under $190, the i5-8400 offers fantastic value for money. Unfortunately, like the other Coffee Lake processors, the i5-8400 will require a new 300 series motherboard, and at the time of writing, the only available version is Intel’s high-end Z370 which isn't an ideal pairing for the i5-8400. The Z series motherboards are designed to cater for the unlocked and overclockable "K" SKUs. Cheaper 300 series motherboards will be available in 2018 at which time the 8400 will offer even better value for money. ^{[Oct '17 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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