IntelBX80646I34340
AMDFD832EWMHKBOX

2 Cores, 4 Threads @3.6GHz, Haswell.
Release date: Q3 2013.

8 Cores, 8 Threads @3.2GHz, Piledriver.
Release date: Q3 2014.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 34,065 user samples
866 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 71% Base clock 3.6 GHz
Worst Bench: 49% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 1.45 GHz (avg)
Poor: 49% Great: 71%
SPEED RANK: 509th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 64%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 47%
Yacht
33,199 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 65% Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 47% Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Poor: 47% Great: 65%
SPEED RANK: 616th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 58%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 60%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 44%
Speed boat
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
64.5 % Faster effective speed.
+12%
57.8 %
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
85.5 Pts Slightly lower memory latency.
+6%
80.6 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
96.1 Pts Much faster single-core speed.
+63%
58.8 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
169 Pts Much faster dual-core speed.
+56%
108 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
253 Pts Much faster quad-core speed.
+32%
191 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
256 Pts 298 Pts Faster octa-core speed.
+16%
Memory
OC Memory Latency
94.8 Pts +4% 91.4 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
108 Pts Much faster OC single-core speed.
+53%
70.4 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
202 Pts Much faster OC dual-core speed.
+51%
134 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
286 Pts Faster OC quad-core speed.
+20%
238 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
285 Pts 370 Pts Faster OC octa-core speed.
+30%
Market Share
Based on 67,721,500 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0 % 0.01 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞%
Value
Value For Money
98.3 % Better value.
+24%
79.6 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
49 % 54 % More popular.
+10%
Price
Price (score)
$60 Much cheaper.
+31%
$87
Age
Newest
129 Months 115 Months More recent.
+11%
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP)
54 Watts Much more energy efficient.
+43%
95 Watts
Cores
CPU Processing Cores
2 cores 8 cores Hugely higher core count.
+300%
Threads
CPU Processing Threads
4 threads 8 threads Hugely higher thread count.
+100%
Lithography
Manufacturing process
22 nm Much newer manufacturing.
+31%
32 nm
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed
3.6 GHz Faster base frequency.
+12%
3.2 GHz
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed
3.6 GHz 4 GHz Faster turbo frequency.
+11%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
286 Pts 378 Pts Much faster OC 64-core speed.
+32%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
258 Pts 305 Pts Faster 64-core speed.
+18%
Series
CPU Architecture
Haswell Piledriver
Socket
Motherboard Socket
FCLGA1150 AM3+
Graphics
Integrated Graphics
HD 4600 None
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