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CSGO Dust 2 1080p Max	251 EFps	Better CSGO EFps. +27%	197 EFps
GTAV Franklin & Lamar 1080p Max	99 EFps	+2%	97 EFps
Overwatch Temple of Anubis 1080p Max	131 EFps		134 EFps	+2%
PUBG M249 Training 1080p Max	113 EFps		116 EFps	+3%
Fortnite UserBenchmark Island 1080p Max	128 EFps	Better Fortnite EFps. +14%	112 EFps

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Best Bench: 89% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 69% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)

Poor: 69% Great: 89%

SPEED RANK: 242^nd / 1442

Gaming 80%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 68%

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142,983 User Benchmarks

Best Bench: 86% Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 64% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)

Poor: 64% Great: 86%

SPEED RANK: 320^th / 1442

Gaming 74%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 67%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		79.7 %	Slightly faster effective speed. +8%		74 %


28 May20\|Techpowerup Intel Core i5-10400F Review - Six ...		7 %	FarC5 6%, BFV 9%, SotTR 4%, Rage2 2%, Witcher3 1%, Civ6 7%, MetroEx 7%, Sekiro 16%, Wolf2 13%			ACO 0%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	77.3 Pts	+1%	76.4 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	137 Pts	Faster single-core speed. +22%	112 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	257 Pts	Faster dual-core speed. +20%	214 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	443 Pts	Faster quad-core speed. +15%	386 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	662 Pts	+3%	643 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	87.6 Pts	+3%	85.1 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	147 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +18%	125 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	289 Pts	Faster OC dual-core speed. +17%	247 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	500 Pts	+4%	479 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	748 Pts	+3%	729 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.02 %		0.16 %	Hugely higher market share. +700%
Value Value For Money	94.4 %	+1%	93.3 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	70 %		84 %	More popular. +20%
Price Price (score)	$150		$120	Cheaper. +20%


Age Newest	47 Months	Much more recent. +35%	72 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +32%	95 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	4 cores		6 cores	Much higher core count. +50%
Threads CPU Processing Threads	8 threads		12 threads	Much higher thread count. +50%
Lithography Manufacturing process	7 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +42%	12 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.8 GHz	Slightly faster base frequency. +6%	3.6 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4.3 GHz	+2%	4.2 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	753 Pts		946 Pts	Faster OC 64-core speed. +26%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	677 Pts		828 Pts	Faster 64-core speed. +22%


Series CPU Architecture	Zen2	Zen+
Socket Motherboard Socket	AM4	AM4
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	None

The 3300X is a 4-core Ryzen CPU. Priced at just $120 USD, it offers far better value to gamers than all the previous Ryzen CPUs. This is great news for potential buyers, but bad luck for gamers that recently spent nearly three times more on the 8-core 3700X. The reduction from eight to four cores results in more efficient caching and higher boost clocks. AMD’s marketing has abruptly broken from the firmly established “moar cores” mantra to a conveniently realistic: four cores are actually okay. Shifting goalposts this quickly reveals an unhealthy focus on first time buyers and a brazen disregard for existing customers. Sales tactics aside, unfortunately the 3300X remains constrained by architectural latency and the associated gaming bottleneck (frame drops). Comparing an overclocked 3300X pegged at 4425 MHz to a stock Intel Core i3-10100 running at 4100 MHz shows that the i3-10100 delivers better gaming performance in four out of five games. The 10100 also includes an iGPU with QuickSync hardware encoding. Since additional cores make little difference to gamers, there are no significant upgrades beyond the 3300X in the Ryzen product stack. In order to achieve better gaming performance, it is necessary to upgrade to a higher tier Intel CPU. Despite the barrage of anonymous hearsay pushed on social media, users will be hard pressed to find actual use cases that favor the 3300X over the i3-10100, especially when the 10100 is not handicapped by 2666 MHz RAM. Gamers are bottlenecked by the Ryzen architecture and desktop users need integrated graphics. ^{[Jun '20 CPUPro]}

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The 6 core, 12 thread Ryzen 5 2600X is one of four new AMD second generation of high-end desktop Ryzen processors (codenamed Pinnacle Ridge) renowned for excellent value multi-core performance. The 2600X is set to replace the also 6 core, 12 thread 1600X as AMD’s new mid-range Ryzen 5 flagship. The latest generation of CPUs features a matured Zen+ chip architecture with 12nm lithography, increased clock speeds and Precision Boost 2 technology designed to leverage more CPU power than per the first generation. The 2600X appears to have stock base / boost clock speeds of 3.6 / 4.2 GHz. This is only marginally faster than the 1600X’s 3.6 / 4.0 GHz. Modest effective speed improvements are expected, although further benchmarks are necessary to draw firm conclusions. The 2600X ships with a Wraith Spire cooler and is priced reasonably at an expected $250. However, for most use cases, the new lower clocked Ryzen 5 2600 at $200 represents better value for money. Pinnacle Ridge processors are designed to work with the new 400 series motherboards, which allow for greater overclocking head room, and they are also backwards compatible with the 300 series motherboard following a bios update. Even though the 2600X is plausible for multimedia production streamers should look elsewhere. Streaming with dedicated hardware such as NVENC or a separate stream PC will nearly always result in fewer dropped frames. ^{[Apr '18 CPUPro]}

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