IntelBX80648I75960X
AMDYD192XA8AEWOF
$800

8 Cores, 16 Threads @3.0GHz, Haswell-E.
Release date: Q3 2014.

 $800 

12 Cores, 24 Threads @3.5GHz, Zen.
Release date: Q3 2017.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 25,908 user samples
15,468 User Benchmarks
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: 228th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
10,440 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 87% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 67% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg)
Poor: 67% Great: 87%
SPEED RANK: 272nd / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 87%
Aircraft carrier
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
80.5 % +4% 77.6 %
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
87 Pts Lower memory latency.
+23%
70.7 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
100 Pts 117 Pts Faster single-core speed.
+17%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
201 Pts 231 Pts Faster dual-core speed.
+15%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
398 Pts 453 Pts Faster quad-core speed.
+14%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
718 Pts 836 Pts Faster octa-core speed.
+16%
Memory
OC Memory Latency
95.3 Pts Lower OC memory latency.
+12%
85.3 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
128 Pts +1% 127 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
254 Pts +1% 251 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
502 Pts +1% 498 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
920 Pts 955 Pts +4%
Market Share
Based on 67,822,189 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.02 % Hugely higher market share.
+100%
0.01 %
Value
Value For Money
79.9 % Much better value.
+38%
58 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
56 % 59 % Slightly more popular.
+5%
Price
Price (score)
$285 Much cheaper.
+64%
$800
Age
Newest
117 Months 80 Months Much more recent.
+32%
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP)
140 Watts More energy efficient.
+22%
180 Watts
Cores
CPU Processing Cores
8 cores 12 cores Much higher core count.
+50%
Threads
CPU Processing Threads
16 threads 24 threads Much higher thread count.
+50%
Lithography
Manufacturing process
22 nm 14 nm Much newer manufacturing.
+36%
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed
3 GHz 3.5 GHz Faster base frequency.
+17%
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed
3.5 GHz 4 GHz Faster turbo frequency.
+14%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
1353 Pts 1923 Pts Much faster OC 64-core speed.
+42%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
1075 Pts 1713 Pts Much faster 64-core speed.
+59%
Series
CPU Architecture
Haswell-E Zen
Socket
Motherboard Socket
LGA2011-V3 TR4
Graphics
Integrated Graphics
None None
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