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4 Cores, 8 Threads @3.5GHz, Zen.
Release date: Q2 2017.

24 Cores, 32 Threads @3.2GHz, Raptor Lake.
Release date: Q4 2023.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 82,321 user samples
70,038 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 73% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 56% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg)
Poor: 56% Great: 73%
SPEED RANK: 490th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 66%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 55%
Gunboat
12,283 User Benchmarks
Great bench: 137% Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 5.65 GHz (avg)
Poor bench: 125% Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg)
Poor: 125% Great: 137%
SPEED RANK: 4th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 131%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 130%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 174%
UFO
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
66.4 % 131 % Hugely faster effective speed.
+97%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
71.8 Pts 83.6 Pts Lower memory latency.
+16%
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
103 Pts 239 Pts Hugely faster single-core speed.
+132%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
192 Pts 475 Pts Hugely faster dual-core speed.
+147%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
329 Pts 946 Pts Hugely faster quad-core speed.
+188%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
503 Pts 1,822 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+262%
Memory
OC Memory Latency
79.5 Pts 94.7 Pts Lower OC memory latency.
+19%
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
114 Pts 250 Pts Hugely faster OC single-core speed.
+119%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
222 Pts 495 Pts Hugely faster OC dual-core speed.
+123%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
381 Pts 961 Pts Hugely faster OC quad-core speed.
+152%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
574 Pts 1,911 Pts Hugely faster OC octa-core speed.
+233%
Market Share
Based on 69,053,330 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.04 % 0.91 % Insanely higher market share.
+2,175%
Value
Value For Money
85.4 % 116 % Much better value.
+36%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
61 % 74 % More popular.
+21%
Price
Price (score)
$111 Much cheaper.
+73%
$420
Age
Newest
91 Months 13 Months Hugely more recent.
+86%
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP)
65 Watts Much more energy efficient.
+48%
125 Watts
Cores
CPU Processing Cores
4 cores 24 cores Hugely higher core count.
+500%
Threads
CPU Processing Threads
8 threads 32 threads Hugely higher thread count.
+300%
Lithography
Manufacturing process
14 nm 10 nm Newer manufacturing.
+29%
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed
3.5 GHz Slightly faster base frequency.
+9%
3.2 GHz
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed
3.7 GHz 6 GHz Much faster turbo frequency.
+62%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
584 Pts 4,535 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+677%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
521 Pts 4,231 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+712%
Series
CPU Architecture
Zen Raptor Lake
Socket
Motherboard Socket
AM4 FCLGA1700
Graphics
Integrated Graphics
None UHD 770

The quad core and octa threaded Ryzen 1500X is a sub-$200 chip based on AMD's latest Zen architecture. It is released this month as part of the Ryzen 5 launch – a mid-market range specced out to challenge Intel's i5 series and yield considerably better multi-threaded performance at budget prices. Comparing the i5-7600K shows that the 7600K is 20% faster for single and quad core workloads but looses by 20% for multi-core workloads. The Ryzen 5 line-up also includes the 6 core 12 threaded 1600X. By comparison, the 1500X is 24% less expensive, comes with a Wraith Spire cooler and impressively yields very similar single and quad core performance, but multi-core performance lags 50% behind the 1600X. Both chips can be overclocked, but out the box, the base and boost clock speeds are 3.5GHz and 3.7GHz for the 1500X and 3.6GHz and 4.0GHz for the 1600X. The 1500X is a very reasonable CPU for the money, which thanks to AMD's recent IPC improvements, punches far above its weight for multi-threaded performance by Intel's standards. [Apr '17 CPUPro]

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This CPU is incredibly well-placed for a refresh. The i9 14900k(640 euros) offers similar performance to the i9 13900KS(800 Euros) while being available for much less money. The new gen motherboards are also much better. So if you were thinking about getting the 13th gen i9 then the 14th gen is a no-brainer since it offers flawless performance for both gaming and productivity tasks. This is especially true since AMD's "equivalent" 7950x3d is haunted by software bugs and "features" such as needing to have Xbox game bar open 24/7 and having their motherboards overvolt and kill the CPUs. [Oct '23 MrNukes]

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