IntelBX80648I75930K
AMDYD180XBCAEWOF

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

8 Cores, 16 Threads @3.6GHz, Zen.
Release date: Q1 2017.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 64,089 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 / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battleship
30,050 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 82% Base clock 3.95 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 58% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 0.55 GHz (avg)
Poor: 58% Great: 82%
SPEED RANK: 362nd / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battleship
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
79.8 % Faster effective speed.
+11%
71.8 %
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
87.2 Pts Lower memory latency.
+24%
70.2 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
103 Pts 107 Pts +4%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
205 Pts 208 Pts +1%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
391 Pts 394 Pts +1%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
642 Pts 686 Pts Slightly faster octa-core speed.
+7%
Memory
OC Memory Latency
94.8 Pts Lower OC memory latency.
+18%
80.5 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
126 Pts +5% 120 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
248 Pts +4% 239 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
483 Pts +3% 469 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
780 Pts 846 Pts Slightly faster OC octa-core speed.
+8%
Market Share
Based on 67,755,799 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.03 % Much higher market share.
+50%
0.02 %
Value
Value For Money
117 % Slightly better value.
+7%
109 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
58 % 66 % More popular.
+14%
Price
Price (score)
$70 $60 Cheaper.
+14%
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 3.6 GHz +3%
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed
3.7 GHz 4 GHz Slightly faster turbo frequency.
+8%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
983 Pts 1238 Pts Faster OC 64-core speed.
+26%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
814 Pts 1065 Pts Much faster 64-core speed.
+31%
Series
CPU Architecture
Haswell-E Zen
Socket
Motherboard Socket
LGA2011-V3 AM4
Graphics
Integrated Graphics
None None
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The Ryzen 7 1800X is AMD's flagship Ryzen CPU. Clocked at 3.6 GHz with a turbo frequency of 4.0 GHz (stock) this chip offers a staggering level of multi-core performance. Comparing the 1800X with the Intel i7-6850K shows that the 1800X delivers 25% more multi-core throughput than its more expensive counterpart. Historically AMD's CPU architecture has had a much lower IPC than Intel's and consequently Intel have dominated the CPU market since 2009. Comparing IPC between Intel's Kaby Lake and Ryzen shows a maximum gap of just 9%. A very welcome shake-up of the CPU market will unfold as the remaining Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 3 models are rolled out. For now the 1800X offers workstation users similar processing power to a $1,000 i7-6900K at half the price. [Mar '17 CPUPro]

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