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▲ 56842 ▼

8 Cores, 16 Threads.
Release date ≈ Q4 2024.

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4 Cores, 8 Threads @2.66GHz, Nehalem.
Release date: Q3 2008.

Effective Speed 
+99%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 69,126 user samples
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52 User Benchmarks
Great bench: 132% Base clock 5.65 GHz, turbo 5.65 GHz (avg)
Poor bench: 112% Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg)
Poor: 112% Great: 132%
SPEED RANK: 18th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 122%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 125%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 133%
UFO
69,074 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 72% Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 46% Base clock 1.6 GHz, turbo 0.95 GHz (avg)
Poor: 46% Great: 72%
SPEED RANK: 580th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 62%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 64%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 46%
Yacht
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		122 % Hugely faster effective speed.
+99% 		61.6 %
Average Score 
+237%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		92.1 Pts Slightly lower memory latency.
+8% 		84.9 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		220 Pts Hugely faster single-core speed.
+240% 		64.7 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		432 Pts Hugely faster dual-core speed.
+248% 		124 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		816 Pts Hugely faster quad-core speed.
+287% 		211 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		1,499 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+403% 		298 Pts
Overclocked Score 
+190%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		98.9 Pts +4% 94.7 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		230 Pts Hugely faster OC single-core speed.
+171% 		84.8 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		460 Pts Hugely faster OC dual-core speed.
+186% 		161 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		912 Pts Hugely faster OC quad-core speed.
+227% 		279 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		1,782 Pts Hugely faster OC octa-core speed.
+359% 		388 Pts
Value & Sentiment 
+1,215%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		2.5 % Insanely higher market share.
+4,900% 		0.05 %
Value
Value For Money 		111 % Much better value.
+32% 		83.9 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		56 % +4% 54 %
Price
Price (score) 		$399 $90 Much cheaper.
+77%
Nice To Haves 
+414%
Age
Newest 		0+ Months Hugely more recent.
+100% 		194 Months
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		2,402 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+502% 		399 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		2,266 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+641% 		306 Pts
Conclusion 
Average Bench 122%
Average Bench 61.6%

AMD’s 7800X3D and 9800X3D CPUs, priced over $400 USD, are widely marketed as “the best gaming CPUs in the world”. This is demonstrated at low resolutions with a 4090-class GPU, whilst conveniently ignoring 0.1% lows (frame drops). Under cherry-picked cache-bound conditions the X3D chips can excel, but there’s a trade-off: the additional cache results in 6% lower boost clocks and 50% to 80% higher prices than their regular counterparts (9700X and 7700X.) As with their Radeon GPUs, AMD is looking to drive demand through advanced marketing rather than delivering real-world performance. While Nvidia has effectively countered AMD’s marketing in the GPU space, Intel's marketers remain asleep (terminally?) at the wheel. Nevertheless, the 13600K and 14600K still deliver almost unparalleled real-world gaming performance for around $200 USD. Spending more on a gaming CPU is often pointless, as games are limited by the GPU in real-world scenarios. Without significant improvements in social media marketing: forums, reddit, youtube etc., Intel now face the very real risk of bankruptcy (third worst-performing S&P500 stock from Jan to Aug 2024). Since this summary was published just two days ago, hundreds of twitter threads, thousands of “pcmasterrace” reddit posts, multiple magazine articles, and several youtube videos have emerged in unanimous support for the $480 USD 9800X3D. All of these supposedly disinterested actors are working the weekend to convince you to pay their favourite billion-dollar brand an extra $280 USD this holiday season. [Nov '24 CPUPro]

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The Intel Core i7-920 is five and a half years old which puts it at an enormous disadvantage to more modern processors. The 920 sports four cores and eight threads which is the same basic configuration that Intel still uses in the majority of their i7s. Comparing the 920 to the 4770K, its modern day equivalent, shows that 920 lags by 63% at stock speeds and by 44% when both processors are overclocked. Overclocking improves the 920 by 30% vs just 17% for the 4770K. Aside from approximately 50% more calculation throughput the 4770K offers lower power consumption, compatibility with Intel's latest FCLGA1150 platform, on-board graphics and newer CPU instructions. Owners of the 920 should probably consider upgrading not only to improve system response times but also to take advantage of the newer platform. [Mar '14 CPUPro]

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