IntelBX80648I75930K
AMDYD170XBCAEWOF

6 Cores, 12 Threads @3.5GHz, Haswell-E.
Release date: Q3 2014.

8 Cores, 16 Threads @3.4GHz, Zen.
Release date: Q1 2017.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 100,509 user samples
34,039 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 91% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 70% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 1.35 GHz (avg)
Poor: 70% Great: 91%
SPEED RANK: 241st / 1441
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battleship
66,470 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 80% Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 58% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 0.55 GHz (avg)
Poor: 58% Great: 80%
SPEED RANK: 380th / 1441
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
79.8 % Faster effective speed.
+12%
71 %
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
87.2 Pts Lower memory latency.
+24%
70.1 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
103 Pts 103 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
205 Pts +1% 202 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
391 Pts +1% 386 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
642 Pts 674 Pts +5%
Memory
OC Memory Latency
94.8 Pts Lower OC memory latency.
+19%
79.7 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
126 Pts Slightly faster OC single-core speed.
+9%
116 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
248 Pts Slightly faster OC dual-core speed.
+10%
226 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
483 Pts Slightly faster OC quad-core speed.
+9%
444 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
780 Pts 813 Pts +4%
Market Share
Based on 67,708,833 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.03 % 0.03 %
Value
Value For Money
117 % Much better value.
+55%
75.3 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
58 % 70 % More popular.
+21%
Price
Price (score)
$70 Much cheaper.
+69%
$225
Age
Newest
116 Months 85 Months More recent.
+27%
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP)
140 Watts 95 Watts Much more energy efficient.
+32%
Cores
CPU Processing Cores
6 cores 8 cores Much higher core count.
+33%
Threads
CPU Processing Threads
12 threads 16 threads Much higher thread count.
+33%
Lithography
Manufacturing process
22 nm 14 nm Much newer manufacturing.
+36%
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed
3.5 GHz +3% 3.4 GHz
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed
3.7 GHz 3.8 GHz +3%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
983 Pts 1183 Pts Faster OC 64-core speed.
+20%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
814 Pts 1032 Pts Faster 64-core speed.
+27%
Series
CPU Architecture
Haswell-E Zen
Socket
Motherboard Socket
LGA2011-V3 AM4
Graphics
Integrated Graphics
None None
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The Intel 5930K is Intel's new middle tier Haswell-E prosumer CPU. This model has base/turbo clocks of 3.5/3.7 GHz and sports 6 physical cores with 12 hyperthreads. The 5930K offers enormous processing throughput but like its Haswell-E siblings it lacks in single and dual-core speed. Comparing the 5930K and 4790K shows that the 4790K offers nearly 20% more single and dual core throughput and is priced nearly 40% lower than the 5930K. The 5930K does win hands down on multi-core workloads but these are not generally relevant to consumers. Finally since the Haswell-E architecture is coupled with the X99 chipset it requires far more expensive DDR4 RAM with offers little upside over DDR3. [Sep '14 CPUPro]

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The AMD Ryzen 7 1700X isn't due for release until next week but two of our users have already submitted benchmarks. Comparing the quad and single core scores from our samples shows a relative 4.3% boost on the single core score so it’s possible that turbo wasn’t fully engaged (12% turbo boost expected). These preliminary results are seriously impressive as they put Zen’s IPC between 0% and 9% below Intel’s Kaby Lake. Even in the worst case scenario these results are still impressive. Comparing Intel’s $1,000 6900K and the 1700X shows that AMD delivers comparable performance for half the price! A shake-up of the CPU market will unfold as Zen rolls out. If Ryzen CPUs can overclock to 4.6+ GHz they will likely dominate the entire market putting a very welcome end to the monotonous tick-tock of recent years. [Feb '17 CPUPro]

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