UserBenchmark: Intel Core i3-8100 vs i7-5960X

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Best Bench: 80% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 53% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)

Poor: 53% Great: 80%

SPEED RANK: 389^th / 1445

Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 53%

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Best Bench: 94% Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 70% Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg)

Poor: 70% Great: 94%

SPEED RANK: 228^th / 1445

Gaming 80%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 80%

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Workstation 77%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		70.6 %			80.5 %	Faster effective speed. +14%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	81.8 Pts		87 Pts	Slightly lower memory latency. +6%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	106 Pts	Slightly faster single-core speed. +6%	100 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	210 Pts	+4%	201 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	342 Pts		398 Pts	Faster quad-core speed. +16%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	359 Pts		718 Pts	Hugely faster octa-core speed. +100%


Memory OC Memory Latency	93.4 Pts	95.3 Pts	+2%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	112 Pts	128 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +14%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	224 Pts	254 Pts	Faster OC dual-core speed. +13%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	408 Pts	502 Pts	Faster OC quad-core speed. +23%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	419 Pts	920 Pts	Hugely faster OC octa-core speed. +120%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.25 %	Hugely higher market share. +733%	0.03 %
Value Value For Money	91.2 %	Much better value. +33%	68.3 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	67 %	More popular. +20%	56 %
Price Price (score)	$110	Much cheaper. +78%	$504


Age Newest	79 Months	Much more recent. +32%	117 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +54%	140 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	4 cores		8 cores	Hugely higher core count. +100%
Threads CPU Processing Threads	4 threads		16 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +300%
Lithography Manufacturing process	14 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +36%	22 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.6 GHz	Faster base frequency. +20%	3 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.6 GHz	+3%	3.5 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	420 Pts		1353 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +222%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	364 Pts		1075 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +195%


Series CPU Architecture	Coffee Lake	Haswell-E
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1151	LGA2011-V3
Graphics Integrated Graphics	UHD 630	None
Launch Date Launch Date	Q4'17	Q3'14
Cache Cache	6 MB	20 MB SmartCache
Instruction Set Extensions Instruction Set Extensions	SSE4.1/4.2, AVX2	SSE4.2, AVX 2.0, AES
Lithography Lithography	14 nm	22 nm
Recommended Price Recommended Customer Price	N/A	$999.00 - $1059.00
Bus Speed Bus Speed	8 GT/s DMI3	0 GT/s
Memory Types Memory Types	DDR4-2400	DDR4 1333/1600/2133
Memory Channels Max # of Memory Channels	2	4
Processor Graphics Processor Graphics ‡	Intel® UHD Graphics 630	None
Package Size Package Size	37.5mm x 37.5mm	52.5mm x 45.0mm
Turbo Boost Tech Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡	No	2.0
Hyper-Threading Tech Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡	No	Yes
Max # of PCI Express Lanes Max # of PCI Express Lanes	16	40
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Intel’s i3-8100 from their 8th generation of Core processors is a mainstream quad-core CPU. It is the entry model of the latest Coffee Lake line up with a clock speed of 3.6 GHz. Previously, i3 Kaby Lake processors had two cores with hyperthreading, but now, i3 Coffee Lake processors have 4 cores and offer much better value for money in terms of dollars per core. With a performance profile that closely matches last years mid range Kaby Lake i5's (the then go-to mid range gaming choice) and a price tag of just $120, the i3-8100 represents excellent value for money. Unfortunately, like all Coffe Lake processors, the i3-8100 does require a new 300-series motherboard even though it shares the same LGA1151 socket as the previous generation of Kaby Lake 200 motherboards. Intel were clearly mindful of AMD's similarly priced quad core Ryzen 3 1200 which achieves very comparable single, and quad-core benchmarks to the i3-8100. ^{[Oct '17 CPUPro]}

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The Intel 5960X sports eight cores and sixteen threads. That's two more cores than we have ever seen on a consumer processor before and as such this $1,000 processor offers record breaking multi-threaded CPU horsepower. Unfortunately the 5960X is clocked at just 3 GHz base and 3.5 GHz turbo which, for single and dual-core workloads, renders it around 15% slower than a $69 G3258 on stock clocks! The 5960X is only compatible with Intel's new X99 chipset which requires new DDR4 RAM and is currently far more expensive, with little consumer benefit, than DDR3. All in all the i7-5960X processor is largely irrelevant for consumers as it's far far too expensive. ^{[Sep '14 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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