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Best Bench: 68% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 39% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)

Poor: 39% Great: 68%

SPEED RANK: 631^st / 1442

Gaming 57%

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Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 42%

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Best Bench: 65% Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 32% Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)

Poor: 32% Great: 65%

SPEED RANK: 675^th / 1442

Gaming 55%

Gunboat

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

Workstation 41%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		57.3 %	+4%		55.2 %


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	75.4 Pts		76.1 Pts	+1%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	90.6 Pts	Much faster single-core speed. +51%	60 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	159 Pts	Much faster dual-core speed. +41%	113 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	227 Pts	Faster quad-core speed. +19%	190 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	239 Pts		264 Pts	Faster octa-core speed. +10%


Memory OC Memory Latency	91.4 Pts	+4%	87.5 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	104 Pts	Much faster OC single-core speed. +40%	74.5 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	187 Pts	Much faster OC dual-core speed. +31%	143 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	275 Pts	Slightly faster OC quad-core speed. +6%	260 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	279 Pts		344 Pts	Faster OC octa-core speed. +23%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.11 %	Hugely higher market share. +1,000%	0.01 %
Value Value For Money	85.5 %	Much better value. +41%	60.5 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	67 %	More popular. +24%	54 %
Price Price (score)	$65	Much cheaper. +67%	$199


Age Newest	87 Months	Much more recent. +45%	159 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	54 Watts		45 Watts	More energy efficient. +17%
Cores CPU Processing Cores	2 cores		4 cores	Hugely higher core count. +100%
Threads CPU Processing Threads	4 threads		8 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +100%
Lithography Manufacturing process	14 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +56%	32 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.5 GHz	Much faster base frequency. +75%	2 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.5 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +21%	2.9 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	278 Pts		345 Pts	Faster OC 64-core speed. +24%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	241 Pts		266 Pts	Faster 64-core speed. +10%


Series CPU Architecture	Kaby Lake	Sandy Bridge
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1151	FCPGA988
Graphics Integrated Graphics	HD 610	HD 3000
Launch Date Launch Date	Q1'17	Q1'11
Cache Cache	3 MB	6 MB SmartCache
Instruction Set Extensions Instruction Set Extensions	SSE4.1/4.2	AVX
Lithography Lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Recommended Price Recommended Customer Price	$64.00	N/A
Bus Speed Bus Speed	8 GT/s DMI3	5 GT/s DMI
Max Memory Size Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)	64 GB	16 GB
Memory Types Memory Types	DDR4-2133/2400, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V	DDR3 1066/1333
ECC Memory Supported ECC Memory Supported ‡	Yes	No
Processor Graphics Processor Graphics ‡	Intel® HD Graphics 610	Intel® HD Graphics 3000
Graphics Base Frequency Graphics Base Frequency	350.00 MHz	650 MHz
# of Displays Supported # of Displays Supported ‡	3	2
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency	1.05 GHz	1.1 GHz
Package Size Package Size	37.5mm x 37.5mm	37.5mm x 37.5 (rPGA998)
PCI Express Revision PCI Express Revision	3.0	2.0
PCI Express Configurations PCI Express Configurations ‡	Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4	1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Virtualization for Directed I/O (VT-d) Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) ‡	Yes	No
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The Intel G4560 is one of the first Pentium processors to feature Hyper-threading. This means that although the G4560 only has two physical processing cores, it is able to process four threads in parallel by sharing resources between the physical cores. This typically results in a 50% performance improvement over two physical cores alone. Comparing performance between the lowest spec Kaby Lake i3 7100 and the Pentium G4560 shows that in terms of both performance and specs, very little separates them (even virtualization technology VT-d is present on the Pentium). The Pentium does lack AVX 2.0 (Advanced Vector Instructions) and it trails the i3 7100 by 400 MHz (10%) but there is no longer a clear divide between Pentiums and Core i3s. Intel have achieved an almost continuous distribution of performance levels for each price point from the cheapest Pentium to the top end i7-7700K. ^{[Jan '17 CPUPro]}

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The Intel Core i7-2630QM is a Sandy Bridge (2011) mobile CPU. Although the 2630QM has a base clock of just 2.0 GHz it's able to boost this to a maximum of 2.9 GHz when under load. The ability to boost allows the 2630QM to keeps its power draw to a minimum whilst the CPU is idle. The 2630QM follows the typical i7 pattern of four physical cores and eight hyperthreads and this model has a modest TDP of just 45 Watts. This configuration allows the 2630QM to deal equally well with both single and multi-core workloads. The overall effective speed for the 2630QM is 61.7 which is 55% below the current group leaders but still sufficient for general computing tasks such as email, browsing and light spreadsheet work. ^{[Oct '14 CPUPro]}

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