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IntelBX80633I74960X
$1,189
IntelBX80633I74930K
▲ 52910 ▼
 $1,189 

6 Cores, 12 Threads @3.6GHz, Ivy Bridge-E.
Release date: Q3 2013.

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▲ 531,487 ▼

6 Cores, 12 Threads @3.4GHz, Ivy Bridge-E.
Release date: Q3 2013.

Effective Speed 
+2%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 27,325 user samples
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5,121 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 88% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 70% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 1.65 GHz (avg)
Poor: 70% Great: 88%
SPEED RANK: 257th / 1441
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
22,204 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 88% Base clock 4.25 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 67% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
Poor: 67% Great: 88%
SPEED RANK: 279th / 1441
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		78.4 % +2% 76.9 %
Average Score 
+3%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		86.2 Pts +1% 85.4 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		98 Pts +3% 95.4 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		196 Pts +3% 191 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		381 Pts +3% 369 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		619 Pts +4% 594 Pts
Overclocked Score 
+0%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		95.2 Pts +0% 94.8 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		118 Pts 118 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		231 Pts 235 Pts +2%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		450 Pts 452 Pts +0%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		728 Pts 728 Pts
Value & Sentiment 
+55%
Market Share
Based on 67,709,043 CPUs tested
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.03 % 0.04 % Much higher market share.
+33%
Value
Value For Money 		52.6 % 102 % Hugely better value.
+94%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		52 % 53 % +2%
Price
Price (score) 		$1,189 $100 Hugely cheaper.
+92%
Nice To Haves 
+1%
Age
Newest 		127 Months 127 Months
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 		130 Watts 130 Watts
Cores
CPU Processing Cores 		6 cores 6 cores
Threads
CPU Processing Threads 		12 threads 12 threads
Lithography
Manufacturing process 		22 nm 22 nm
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed 		3.6 GHz Slightly faster base frequency.
+6% 		3.4 GHz
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed 		4 GHz +3% 3.9 GHz
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		905 Pts 913 Pts +1%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		776 Pts +4% 747 Pts
Specifications 
Series
CPU Architecture 		Ivy Bridge-E Ivy Bridge-E
Socket
Motherboard Socket 		FCLGA2011 FCLGA2011
Graphics
Integrated Graphics 		None None
Cache
Cache 		15 MB SmartCache 12 MB SmartCache
Max Turbo Frequency
Max Turbo Frequency 		4 GHz 3.9 GHz

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Conclusion 
Average Bench 78.4%
Average Bench 76.9%
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The Core i7-4960X is Intel's top of the range desktop processor which sports six physical and twelve hyper-threaded cores. The 4960X was released in 2013 but it uses an FCLGA2011 socket which is supported only by the X79 chipset and is now three years old. As a result an investment in this processor forgoes the last three years worth of platform advances which include, amongst other things, on-board USB 3.0 and additional SATA 600 MB/s ports. Comparing the 4960X and the 4930K shows that when overclocked, the 4930K is able to best the extreme 4960X at nearly half the price! Finally comparing the latest Haswell 4770K to the 4960X shows that 4770K is again able to best the 4960X, this time at a small fraction of the price. The 4960X is significantly overpriced and there is far better value available elsewhere. [Mar '14 CPUPro]

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The Intel i7-4930K has six cores rather the standard four. The additional two cores improve multi-core throughput by 50% but leave single and dual-core speeds unchanged. Comparing the 4930K to the 3930K, its predecessor, shows that little has changed in terms of performance. At peak performance when both processors are overclocked the 4930K leads by around 7%. As well superb multi-core performance, both processors also have very strong single and dual core performance. The main downside to the 4930K is the fact that it still runs on the same FCLGA2011 platform as its predecessor, as a result purchasing it would effectively mean buying into a technology that is over three years old. In most cases, it would probably make sense to wait for a Haswell based hexacore. [Mar '14 CPUPro]

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