Real World Speed
Performance profile from 128,093 user samples
20,824 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 111% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 92% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Poor: 92% Great: 111%
SPEED RANK: 59th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 104%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 105%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 100%
Nuclear submarine
107,269 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 106% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5.3 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 89% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 2.15 GHz (avg)
Poor: 89% Great: 106%
SPEED RANK: 74th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 100%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 100%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 107%
UFO
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
104 % +4% 99.6 %
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7 % Forza5 2%, AoE4 5%, Bord3 43%, FarC6 4%, BFV 18%, CPunk 0%, EldenR 5%, Civ6 4%, CSGO 8%, DoomE 0% WatchDL 3%, RDR2 3%
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24 % FarC6 32%, FinFant14 24%, GTAV 35%, SotTR 29%, CSGO 26%, R6S 16%, TWarW3 4%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
95.5 Pts +5% 91.1 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
156 Pts +5% 149 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
310 Pts Slightly faster dual-core speed.
+5%
295 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
601 Pts +4% 579 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
1034 Pts 1100 Pts Slightly faster octa-core speed.
+6%
Memory
OC Memory Latency
99.5 Pts +2% 97.4 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
165 Pts +4% 158 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
329 Pts +5% 314 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
652 Pts +5% 623 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
1219 Pts 1222 Pts +0%
Market Share
Based on 67,695,779 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.43 % 0.46 % Slightly higher market share.
+7%
Value
Value For Money
101 % Better value.
+15%
87.3 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
63 % 66 % +5%
Price
Price (score)
$308 Much cheaper.
+31%
$449
Age
Newest
24+ Months Much more recent.
+49%
47 Months
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
1524 Pts 2033 Pts Much faster OC 64-core speed.
+33%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
1387 Pts 1888 Pts Much faster 64-core speed.
+36%
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The 5800X3D has the same core architecture as the 5800X but it runs at 11% lower base and 4% lower boost clocks. The lower clocks are in exchange for an extra 64MB of cache (96MB up from 32MB) and around 40% more money. For most real-world tasks performance is comparable to the 5800X. Cache sensitive scenarios such as low res. canned game benchmarks with a 3090-Ti ($2,000 USD) benefit at the cost of everything else. Be wary of sponsored reviews with cherry picked games that showcase the wins, conveniently ignore frame drops and gloss over the losses. Also watch out for AMD’s army of Neanderthal social media accounts on reddit, forums and youtube, they will be singing their own praises as usual. Instead of focusing on real-world performance, AMD’s marketers aim to dupe consumers with bankrolled headlines. The same tactics were used with the Radeon 5000 series GPUs. Zen 4 needs to bring substantial IPC improvements for all workloads, rather than overpriced "3D" marketing gimmicks. New PC builders have little reason to look further than the $260 12600K which, at a fraction of the price, offers better all round performance in gaming, desktop and workstation applications. Users with an existing AM4 build should wait just a few more months for better performance at lower prices with Raptor Lake or even Zen 4. The marketers selling expensive “3D” upgrades today will quickly move onto Zen 4 (3D) leaving unfortunate buyers stuck on an overpriced, 6 year old, dead-end, platform. [Mar '22 CPUPro]

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Intel’s Comet Lake flagship, the i9-10900K, is the fastest gaming and desktop CPU currently available. This ten-core hyperthreaded processor can easily be overclocked so that all twenty threads run at an eye-watering 5.2 GHz. Whilst its stellar performance is second to none, it comes with a premium price tag of $488 USD. The 10900K also requires a new (Z490) LGA1200 motherboard, which Intel has indicated will remain compatible with Rocket Lake CPUs which are due later this year. Whilst AMD’s competing $420 USD Ryzen 3900X and $675 USD Ryzen 3950X do have a greater number of cores, their lower clock speeds and higher memory latency handicap them in non-rendering use cases. Overall, the 10900K has a 16% effective speed advantage over both the 3900X and 3950X. Users that do a lot of rendering should investigate dedicated hardware encoders such as NVENC and Quick Sync as these are far more efficient than CPU based rendering. Comparing the 10900K and 10700K shows that, when paired with a 2060S, the 10700K offers comparable gaming performance for 20% less money. [Jun '20 CPUPro]

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We calculate effective speed which measures real world performance for typical users. Effective speed is adjusted by current prices to yield a value for money rating. Our calculated values are checked against thousands of individual user ratings. The customizable table below combines these factors to bring you the definitive list of top CPUs. [CPUPro]

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