IntelBX80662I76700K
AMDYD195XA8AEWOF

4 Cores, 8 Threads @4.0GHz, Skylake.
Release date: Q3 2015.

16 Cores, 32 Threads @3.4GHz, Zen.
Release date: Q3 2017.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 612,619 user samples
588,978 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 90% Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 70% Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)
Poor: 70% Great: 90%
SPEED RANK: 224th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 81%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
23,641 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 85% Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 68% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 1.4 GHz (avg)
Poor: 68% Great: 85%
SPEED RANK: 284th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 95%
Nuclear submarine
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
80.8 % Slightly faster effective speed.
+5%
76.7 %
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
88.6 Pts Lower memory latency.
+28%
69.3 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
119 Pts +3% 115 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
224 Pts 228 Pts +2%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
395 Pts 450 Pts Faster quad-core speed.
+14%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
597 Pts 876 Pts Much faster octa-core speed.
+47%
Memory
OC Memory Latency
95.9 Pts Lower OC memory latency.
+15%
83.4 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
137 Pts Slightly faster OC single-core speed.
+10%
125 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
258 Pts +4% 247 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
459 Pts 493 Pts Slightly faster OC quad-core speed.
+7%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
696 Pts 981 Pts Much faster OC octa-core speed.
+41%
Market Share
Based on 67,710,981 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
1.14 % Insanely higher market share.
+5,600%
0.02 %
Value
Value For Money
91.1 % Better value.
+12%
81.3 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
78 % More popular.
+24%
63 %
Price
Price (score)
$180 Cheaper.
+20%
$225
Age
Newest
104 Months 80 Months More recent.
+23%
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP)
91 Watts Much more energy efficient.
+49%
180 Watts
Cores
CPU Processing Cores
4 cores 16 cores Hugely higher core count.
+300%
Threads
CPU Processing Threads
8 threads 32 threads Hugely higher thread count.
+300%
Lithography
Manufacturing process
14 nm 14 nm
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed
4 GHz Faster base frequency.
+18%
3.4 GHz
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed
4.2 GHz +5% 4 GHz
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
716 Pts 2521 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+252%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
612 Pts 2190 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+258%
Series
CPU Architecture
Skylake Zen
Socket
Motherboard Socket
FCLGA1151 TR4
Graphics
Integrated Graphics
HD 530 None
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