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Best Bench: 80% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 53% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)

Poor: 53% Great: 80%

SPEED RANK: 388^th / 1442

Gaming 71%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 53%

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Best Bench: 79% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 51% Base clock 3.4 GHz

Poor: 51% Great: 79%

SPEED RANK: 445^th / 1442

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 51%

Yacht


Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		70.6 %	+4%		68 %


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	81.8 Pts		81.8 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	106 Pts	Slightly faster single-core speed. +8%	97.8 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	210 Pts	Slightly faster dual-core speed. +9%	192 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	342 Pts	Slightly faster quad-core speed. +10%	311 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	359 Pts	Slightly faster octa-core speed. +8%	332 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	93.4 Pts		94.6 Pts	+1%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	112 Pts		120 Pts	Slightly faster OC single-core speed. +7%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	224 Pts		235 Pts	+5%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	408 Pts	+3%	395 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	419 Pts	+1%	415 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.29 %	Hugely higher market share. +123%	0.13 %
Value Value For Money	91.2 %		103 %	Better value. +13%
User Rating UBM User Rating	67 %	Slightly more popular. +8%	62 %
Price Price (score)	$110		$62	Much cheaper. +44%


Age Newest	78 Months	Much more recent. +40%	130 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watts	More energy efficient. +23%	84 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	4 cores		4 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	4 threads		4 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	14 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +36%	22 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.6 GHz	Slightly faster base frequency. +6%	3.4 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.6 GHz		3.8 GHz	Slightly faster turbo frequency. +6%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	420 Pts	+2%	413 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	364 Pts	Slightly faster 64-core speed. +9%	335 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Coffee Lake	Haswell
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1151	FCLGA1150
Graphics Integrated Graphics	UHD 630	HD 4600
Launch Date Launch Date	Q4'17	Q2'13
Cache Cache	6 MB	6 MB SmartCache
Instruction Set Extensions Instruction Set Extensions	SSE4.1/4.2, AVX2	SSE4.1/4.2, AVX 2.0
Lithography Lithography	14 nm	22 nm
Recommended Price Recommended Customer Price	N/A	$242.00 - $243.00
Bus Speed Bus Speed	8 GT/s DMI3	5 GT/s DMI2
Thermal Solution Specification Thermal Solution Specification	PCG 2015C (65W)	PCG 2013D
Max Memory Size Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)	64 GB	32 GB
Memory Types Memory Types	DDR4-2400	DDR3-1333/1600, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.5V
Processor Graphics Processor Graphics ‡	Intel® UHD Graphics 630	Intel® HD Graphics 4600
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency	1.10 GHz	1.2 GHz
Graphics Video Max Memory Graphics Video Max Memory	64 GB	2 GB
Turbo Boost Tech Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡	No	2.0
Virtualization for Directed I/O (VT-d) Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) ‡	Yes	No
PCI Express Revision PCI Express Revision	3.0	Up to 3.0
PCI Express Configurations PCI Express Configurations ‡	Up to 1x16 or 2x8 or 1x8+2x4	Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
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Intel’s i3-8100 from their 8th generation of Core processors is a mainstream quad-core CPU. It is the entry model of the latest Coffee Lake line up with a clock speed of 3.6 GHz. Previously, i3 Kaby Lake processors had two cores with hyperthreading, but now, i3 Coffee Lake processors have 4 cores and offer much better value for money in terms of dollars per core. With a performance profile that closely matches last years mid range Kaby Lake i5's (the then go-to mid range gaming choice) and a price tag of just $120, the i3-8100 represents excellent value for money. Unfortunately, like all Coffe Lake processors, the i3-8100 does require a new 300-series motherboard even though it shares the same LGA1151 socket as the previous generation of Kaby Lake 200 motherboards. Intel were clearly mindful of AMD's similarly priced quad core Ryzen 3 1200 which achieves very comparable single, and quad-core benchmarks to the i3-8100. ^{[Oct '17 CPUPro]}

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The Intel Core i5-4670K is the latest middle tier desktop processor from the fourth generation of Intel's Core range codenamed "Haswell". In terms of raw performance this processor slightly bests its predecessor the 3570K achieving approximately 10% higher server benchmark scores. In terms of real world performance the single core improvements are more relevant as more than two cores are rarely used for most typical consumer tasks and these have also improved by around 10% over the 3570K. It's not all good news though as the price increase of 14% more than offsets the performance improvements. This processor currently represents approximately the same value for money as its predecessor, the i5-3570K. ^{[Jun '13 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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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