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IntelBX80684I79700KF
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4 Cores, 4 Threads @3.8GHz, Piledriver.
Release date: Q4 2012.

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▲ 55519 ▼

8 Cores, 8 Threads @3.60 GHz, 95 W.
Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Effective Speed 
+88%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 88,190 user samples
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55,454 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 60% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 36% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg)
Poor: 36% Great: 60%
SPEED RANK: 754th / 1452
Gaming
Gaming 52%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 57%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski
32,736 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 105% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 5.1 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 84% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 0.75 GHz (avg)
Poor: 84% Great: 105%
SPEED RANK: 99th / 1452
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 89%
Aircraft carrier
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		51.6 % 97.1 % Hugely faster effective speed.
+88%
Average Score 
+220%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		77.2 Pts 90.9 Pts Lower memory latency.
+18%
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		57.2 Pts 140 Pts Hugely faster single-core speed.
+145%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		102 Pts 280 Pts Hugely faster dual-core speed.
+175%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		153 Pts 555 Pts Hugely faster quad-core speed.
+263%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		161 Pts 968 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+501%
Overclocked Score 
+187%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		89.1 Pts 96.7 Pts Slightly lower OC memory latency.
+9%
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		69.5 Pts 153 Pts Hugely faster OC single-core speed.
+120%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		127 Pts 306 Pts Hugely faster OC dual-core speed.
+141%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		200 Pts 611 Pts Hugely faster OC quad-core speed.
+206%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		200 Pts 1116 Pts Hugely faster OC octa-core speed.
+458%
Value & Sentiment 
+179%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.02 % 0.17 % Hugely higher market share.
+750%
Value
Value For Money 		74.5 % 100 % Much better value.
+34%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		54 % 55 % +2%
Price
Price (score) 		$73 Much cheaper.
+71% 		$250
Nice To Haves 
+350%
Age
Newest 		140 Months 63+ Months Much more recent.
+55%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		200 Pts 1149 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+474%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		162 Pts 1006 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+521%
Conclusion 
Average Bench 51.6%
Average Bench 97.1%
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The AMD FX-4300 is a budget quad-core processor which unlike its predecessor, the Bulldozer FX-4100, is based on the Piledriver micro-architecture which was released in Q4 of 2012. Its base clock speed of 3.8 GHz boosts to 4.0 GHz in turbo mode and with appropriate cooling can be overclocked to speeds of over 4.5 GHz. Even though these numbers are impressive, the real world effective speed is only 66. This is ok for general computing and even gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. The user experience will, however, be noticeably snappier with a CPU that has better single-core performance. Whilst the FX-4300 is cheap, it’s not so differently priced from the hexa core FX-6300 which offers significantly improved multi-core performance. [Nov '14 CPUPro]

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The iGPU-less variant of i7-9700K. This CPU is priced $30 less than i7-9700K which makes this an option for high refresh rate gamers as this CPU still offers same performance as i7-9700K yet priced lower which leads to better value, higher overclocking potential and probably little bit lower power consumption and thermal generation due to lack of iGPU. [Dec '19 ColdSpy]

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