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Best Bench: 92% Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 74% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 0.55 GHz (avg)

Poor: 74% Great: 92%

SPEED RANK: 192^nd / 1442

Gaming 84%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 79%

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Best Bench: 135% Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 5.6 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 123% Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)

Poor: 123% Great: 135%

SPEED RANK: 8^th / 1442

Gaming 129%

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Desktop 128%

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Workstation 170%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		84.1 %			129 %	Much faster effective speed. +53%


20 Oct22\|HardwareLUXX The Dino Intel is not yet extinct:...					42 %	Control 28%, SpiderM 33%, CPunk 18%, RiftB 104%, TWarTroy 49%, F122 45%, DoomE 17%
20 Oct22\|Techpowerup Intel Core i5-13600K Review - Best...					43 %	Forza5 13%, AoE4 76%, Bord3 77%, FarC6 69%, WatchDL 15%, BFV 48%, CPunk 7%, EldenR 16%, RDR2 10%, Civ6 88%, CSGO 98%, DoomE 5%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	76.9 Pts	85.1 Pts	Lower memory latency. +11%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	136 Pts	232 Pts	Much faster single-core speed. +71%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	264 Pts	460 Pts	Much faster dual-core speed. +74%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	490 Pts	918 Pts	Hugely faster quad-core speed. +87%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	808 Pts	1739 Pts	Hugely faster octa-core speed. +115%


Memory OC Memory Latency	87.1 Pts	94.9 Pts	Slightly lower OC memory latency. +9%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	146 Pts	243 Pts	Much faster OC single-core speed. +66%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	287 Pts	478 Pts	Much faster OC dual-core speed. +67%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	553 Pts	939 Pts	Much faster OC quad-core speed. +70%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	878 Pts	1839 Pts	Hugely faster OC octa-core speed. +109%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.23 %		0.82 %	Hugely higher market share. +257%
Value Value For Money	90.8 %		109 %	Better value. +20%
User Rating UBM User Rating	69 %		95 %	Much more popular. +38%
Price Price (score)	$210	Much cheaper. +59%	$511


Age Newest	57 Months		18 Months	Much more recent. +68%
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watts	More energy efficient. +24%	125 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	6 cores		24 cores	Hugely higher core count. +300%
Threads CPU Processing Threads	12 threads		32 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +167%
Lithography Manufacturing process	7 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +30%	10 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.8 GHz	Faster base frequency. +27%	3 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4.4 GHz		5.8 GHz	Much faster turbo frequency. +32%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	1106 Pts		4394 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +297%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	1017 Pts		4164 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +309%


Series CPU Architecture	Zen2	Raptor Lake
Socket Motherboard Socket	AM4	FCLGA1700
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	UHD 770

Early Q3 of 2019 sees the release of the new Ryzen 5 3600X: a hex-core, 12-thread processor. AMD are releasing five new CPUs based on their latest Zen 2 microarchitecture which delivers approximately 13% better IPC than the previous 12nm Zen+. For workstation builds the 3600X is viable, however, the $200 USD Ryzen 5 3600 represents a far better value proposition. The additional $40 USD for the 3600X basically buys a better cooler (Spire vs Stealth). This allows for an extra 200 MHz of extra base and boost clock: 3.8 / 4.4 GHz on the 3600X vs 3.6 / 4.2 GHz on the 3600, this translates to approximately 2% higher overclocked performance for 20% more money. Neither of the stock coolers on the 3600 or 3600X are as effective as a $20 USD aftermarket cooler such as the Gammaxx 400. The 3600 with a Gammaxx 400 outperforms the 3600X with a Spire cooler and when both use a Gammaxx 400 they are more or less identical. The 3600X SKU is basically a marketing gimmick designed to milk unsuspecting consumers. Comparing the 3600X to Intel’s overclocked flagship i5-9600K shows that although the 3600X has 29% faster 64-core speed, it is around 11% worse for gaming (sub eight core performance). Additionally, the 3600X's memory controller, although significantly improved over previous Ryzen iterations, still has limited bandwidth and high latency which can also impact gaming. The arrival of Zen 2 marks the end of the "Sandy Bridge (i5-2500K)" era, Intel can no longer rely exclusively on their single-core advantage to dominate the market, they must also compete on price. ^{[Jul '19 CPUPro]}

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Intel’s 13th gen. Raptor Lake CPUs offer around 10% faster gaming and 45% faster multi-core performance than their predecessors. The new CPUs are compatible with DDR4 memory and Z690/B660 ($150) motherboards. New high-end gaming builders need look no further than the 13600K. The 13600K beats AMD’s flagship 7950X in gaming and almost matches the 7900X in multi-core performance. Extreme workstation users may find value in the 13700K or 13900K. Gamers on a tight budget can save $40 USD with a 13600KF which is a 13600K without integrated graphics. Although Ryzen 7000 has weaker multi-core, weaker single-core, higher platform costs and higher unit prices AMD have a 3D joker up their sleeve (7800X3D est. 2023). Via “Advanced Marketing” on youtube, forums, reddit, and twitter AMD will demonstrate that their upcoming CPU is the “best in the world” and offer “proof” by way of a small handful of obscure workloads. Games that few people play e.g. (Factorio, SotTR) will be cherry picked, video footage of the gameplay/settings won’t be provided and frame drops will be conveniently ignored. This playbook has easily outsold Intel in recent years but with every overhyped release, consumers lose trust in AMD. Based on social media/press coverage, you would never guess that the combined market share for all of AMD’s Radeon 5000 and 6000 GPUs amongst PC gamers is just 2.12% (Steam stats). Meanwhile Nvidia’s RTX 2060 alone accounts for a whopping 5.03%. Largely thanks to marketing incompetence, Intel is existentially motivated to deliver material annual performance improvements. Consumers can look forward to Meteor Lake (14th gen) in less than a years time. ^{[Oct '22 CPUPro]}

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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