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IntelBX80601950
▲ 733,564 ▼

12 Cores, 24 Threads @3.7GHz, Zen3.
Release date: Q4 2020.

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▲ 553,652 ▼

4 Cores, 8 Threads @3.07GHz, Nehalem.
Release date: Q1 2009.

Effective Speed 
+50%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 96,521 user samples
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60,132 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 108% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 87% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Poor: 87% Great: 108%
SPEED RANK: 96th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 99%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 100%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 109%
UFO
36,389 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 74% Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 54% Base clock 3.05 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg)
Poor: 54% Great: 74%
SPEED RANK: 506th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 66%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		99 % Much faster effective speed.
+50% 		65.9 %
Average Score 
+123%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		81.1 Pts 86.7 Pts Slightly lower memory latency.
+7%
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		163 Pts Hugely faster single-core speed.
+116% 		75.5 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		320 Pts Hugely faster dual-core speed.
+122% 		144 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		626 Pts Hugely faster quad-core speed.
+152% 		248 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		1,157 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+231% 		350 Pts
Overclocked Score 
+110%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		92.3 Pts 96.1 Pts +4%
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		179 Pts Hugely faster OC single-core speed.
+103% 		88 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		356 Pts Hugely faster OC dual-core speed.
+109% 		170 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		694 Pts Hugely faster OC quad-core speed.
+125% 		309 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		1,318 Pts Hugely faster OC octa-core speed.
+216% 		417 Pts
Value & Sentiment 
+375%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.65 % Insanely higher market share.
+1,525% 		0.04 %
Value
Value For Money 		101 % Better value.
+10% 		91.6 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		73 % Much more popular.
+33% 		55 %
Price
Price (score) 		$260 $84 Much cheaper.
+68%
Nice To Haves 
+170%
Age
Newest 		48 Months Much more recent.
+74% 		188 Months
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 		105 Watts More energy efficient.
+19% 		130 Watts
Cores
CPU Processing Cores 		12 cores Hugely higher core count.
+200% 		4 cores
Threads
CPU Processing Threads 		24 threads Hugely higher thread count.
+200% 		8 threads
Lithography
Manufacturing process 		7 nm Hugely newer manufacturing.
+84% 		45 nm
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed 		3.7 GHz Faster base frequency.
+21% 		3.07 GHz
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed 		4.8 GHz Much faster turbo frequency.
+44% 		3.33 GHz
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		2,290 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+428% 		434 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		2,000 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+462% 		356 Pts
Specifications 
Series
CPU Architecture 		Zen3 Nehalem
Socket
Motherboard Socket 		AM4 LGA1366
Graphics
Integrated Graphics 		None None
Conclusion 
Average Bench 99%
Average Bench 65.9%

The Ryzen 9 5900X is second in AMD’s line-up of new Zen 3 CPUs. The 12-core hyper-threaded processor has base/boost clock speeds of 3.7/4.8 GHz, a 70 MB cache and a TDP of 105W. The 5900X took center stage in the 5000 series launch presentation where AMD gunned for Intel’s “best gaming CPU” crown. They showed the 5900X as being 26% better for gaming than the previous generation’s Ryzen 9 3900XT, attributing this to the new architecture’s faster single core speeds and lower latency. AMD also stated that the 5900X achieves, on average, 6.8% faster gaming performance than Intel’s 10-core i9-10900K. The details around AMD’s testing were not disclosed but it is safe to assume that 6.8% is the highest average lead that AMD are willing to stand by. Our benchmarks show that the 5900X’s slightly faster cores and the 10900K’s slightly lower memory latency balance out to yield similar performance. Whilst presenting their figures, AMD admitted that their 3000 series CPUs were far from “best for gaming” and conceded that the 10900K is approximately 19% faster than the 3900XT (our effective speed marks the gap at just 14%). Despite this clear performance deficiency, AMD supported 3000 series sales with an aggressive and successful marketing campaign to easily outsell Intel over the last 12 months. Given the real performance uplift observed in the 5000 series, and the absence of any meaningful marketing from Intel, we expect CPU sales to shift even further in AMD’s favour. Gamers that do not wish to pay “marketing fees” should investigate Intel’s $175 USD 11400F, the $660 USD savings would be far better spent on a higher tier GPU. [Nov '20 CPUPro]

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The i7-950 is a first generation Core processor which is now three generations and four years old. The 950 was included in the group test as a reference for how fast processors were back in 2009. This particular generation of processor heralded the 4 core 8 thread configuration that Intel has been kitting its top end processors with ever since. In terms of real world performance based on single core horsepower (most applications are still unable to make use of multiple cores concurrently), with a PassMark Single Thread score of 1320 the i7-950 is approximately 50% slower than its modern day equivalent, the i7 4770K. [Feb '12 CPUPro]

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