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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 / 1442

Gaming 80%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 77%

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Best Bench: 101% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 79% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)

Poor: 79% Great: 101%

SPEED RANK: 136^th / 1442

Gaming 91%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 92%

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Workstation 74%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		80.5 %			90.7 %	Faster effective speed. +13%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	87 Pts		90.1 Pts	+4%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	100 Pts		129 Pts	Faster single-core speed. +29%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	201 Pts		257 Pts	Faster dual-core speed. +28%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	398 Pts		502 Pts	Faster quad-core speed. +26%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	718 Pts	Slightly faster octa-core speed. +9%	656 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	95.3 Pts		96.5 Pts	+1%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	128 Pts		151 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +18%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	254 Pts		302 Pts	Faster OC dual-core speed. +19%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	502 Pts		594 Pts	Faster OC quad-core speed. +18%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	920 Pts	Faster OC octa-core speed. +15%	798 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.04 %	0.38 %	Hugely higher market share. +850%
Value Value For Money	79.9 %	103 %	Better value. +29%
User Rating UBM User Rating	56 %	78 %	Much more popular. +39%
Price Price (score)	$285	$173	Much cheaper. +39%


Age Newest	116 Months		78 Months	Much more recent. +33%
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watts		95 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +32%
Cores CPU Processing Cores	8 cores	Much higher core count. +33%	6 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	16 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +167%	6 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	22 nm		14 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +36%
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3 GHz		3.6 GHz	Faster base frequency. +20%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.5 GHz		4.3 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +23%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	1353 Pts	Much faster OC 64-core speed. +63%	828 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	1075 Pts	Much faster 64-core speed. +58%	681 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Haswell-E	Coffee Lake
Socket Motherboard Socket	LGA2011-V3	FCLGA1151
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	UHD 630
Launch Date Launch Date	Q3'14	Q4'17
Cache Cache	20 MB SmartCache	9 MB
Instruction Set Extensions Instruction Set Extensions	SSE4.2, AVX 2.0, AES	SSE4.1/4.2, AVX2
Lithography Lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Recommended Price Recommended Customer Price	$999.00 - $1059.00	N/A
Max Turbo Frequency Max Turbo Frequency	3.5 GHz	4.30 GHz
Bus Speed Bus Speed	0 GT/s	8 GT/s DMI3
Memory Types Memory Types	DDR4 1333/1600/2133	DDR4-2666
Memory Channels Max # of Memory Channels	4	2
Processor Graphics Processor Graphics ‡	None	Intel® UHD Graphics 630
Package Size Package Size	52.5mm x 45.0mm	37.5mm x 37.5mm
Hyper-Threading Tech Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡	Yes	No
vPro Tech Intel® vPro™ Technology ‡	No	Yes
Trusted Execution Tech Intel® Trusted Execution Technology ‡	No	Yes
Max # of PCI Express Lanes Max # of PCI Express Lanes	40	16
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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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The unlocked hex-core i5-8600K from Intel’s latest Coffee Lake generation of processors is the new flagship of the i5 series, succeeding the Kaby Lake quad-core i5-7600K. The 8th generation of processors brings the largest performance uplift since Sandy Bridge by adding more cores at each of the i3, i5 and i7 product lines. Like the other Coffee Lake processors, the i5-8600K is built upon optimized 14nm architecture, marginally improved upon from Kaby Lake and Skylake. The 8600K has a 95W TDP and a nominal stock clock of 3.6 GHz, which boosts to 4.1 GHz for all six cores, 4.2 GHz for dual/quad and 4.3 GHz for single core. Early benchmarks put the i5-8600K’s effective speed 15% ahead of the i5-7600K. A 50% increase in multi-core speed is explained by two additional cores and thanks to the quad-core clock bump from 4 GHz on the 7600K to 4.2 GHz on the 8600K there is also an additional 5% performance boost across all workloads. All Coffee Lake processors require a 300-series chipset, making a straight CPU upgrade unfeasible despite sharing the same socket as their Z270 predecessors. Even though most games still use less than 4 cores simultaneously, the i5-8600K is a great choice for gamers but for $80 less, the 8350K which is faster than last years 7600K and only marginally weaker for gaming than the 8600K is certainly well worth considering as well. ^{[Oct '17 CPUPro]}

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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