UserBenchmark: Intel Core i3-4130 vs i3-9350KF

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Best Bench: 100% Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 5.3 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 73% Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)

Poor: 73% Great: 100%

SPEED RANK: 140^th / 1442

Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 94%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 69%

Battle cruiser

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Best Bench: 63% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 32% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)

Poor: 32% Great: 63%

SPEED RANK: 730^th / 1442

Gaming 52%

Yacht

Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 38%

Jet ski


Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		89.3 %	Much faster effective speed. +71%		52.3 %


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	89.1 Pts	Lower memory latency. +26%	70.8 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	138 Pts	Much faster single-core speed. +74%	79.2 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	275 Pts	Hugely faster dual-core speed. +96%	140 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	515 Pts	Hugely faster quad-core speed. +163%	196 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	523 Pts	Hugely faster octa-core speed. +153%	207 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	96.1 Pts	Slightly lower OC memory latency. +5%	91.2 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	157 Pts	Much faster OC single-core speed. +66%	94.3 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	313 Pts	Hugely faster OC dual-core speed. +87%	167 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	613 Pts	Hugely faster OC quad-core speed. +154%	241 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	613 Pts	Hugely faster OC octa-core speed. +152%	243 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.01 %		0.1 %	Hugely higher market share. +900%
Value Value For Money	101 %	Better value. +14%	88.2 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	62 %	More popular. +15%	54 %
Price Price (score)	$180		$42	Much cheaper. +77%


Age Newest	61 Months	Much more recent. +52%	127 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	91 Watts		54 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +41%
Cores CPU Processing Cores	4 cores	Hugely higher core count. +100%	2 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	4 GHz	Faster base frequency. +18%	3.4 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4.6 GHz	Much faster turbo frequency. +35%	3.4 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	608 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +149%	244 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	525 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +151%	209 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Coffee Lake	Haswell
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1151	FCLGA1150
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	HD 4400
Launch Date Launch Date	Q1'19	Q3'13
Cache Cache	8 MB SmartCache	3 MB SmartCache
Instruction Set Extensions Instruction Set Extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	SSE4.1/4.2, AVX 2.0
Lithography Lithography	14 nm	22 nm
Bus Speed Bus Speed	8 GT/s DMI3	5 GT/s DMI2
Thermal Solution Specification Thermal Solution Specification	PCG 2015D (130W)	PCG 2013C
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
Memory Bandwidth Max Memory Bandwidth	37.5 GB/s	25.6 GB/s
Turbo Boost Tech Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡	2.0	No
Hyper-Threading Tech Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡	No	Yes
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
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The i3-9350KF is a 9th generation quad core Coffee Lake CPU which is designed to be used with a discrete graphics card. It has base/boost turbo frequencies of 4.0/4.6 GHz. The 9350KF generates less heat than its higher core "K" counterparts so getting a decent overclock without expensive cooling is relatively straightforward. Overclocking the 9350KF to 5 GHz with a $20 USD Gammaxx 400 cooler puts the 9350KF at similar single, dual and quad core performance levels as the 9600K, 9700K and 9900K SKUs. Consequently there is not much difference in fps between the 9350KF and any other CPU regardless of core count. At $180 USD the 9350KF sits amongst the top value gaming and desktop CPUs currently available. Comparing the 4 thread 9350KF to AMD’s twice as expensive 16 thread Ryzen 3700X shows that the 9350KF wins hands down in all five of today’s most popular games. The only other CPUs worth considering for unbeatable gaming performance are the 9600K or 9600KF which have 50% more, equally fast cores, for less than 10% more money. ^{[Nov '19 CPUPro]}

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From the point of view of a consumer that typically uses a PC for surfing the web, checking email, listening to music and watching videos, I consider that the Haswell i3 processors currently represent the best value for money. The i3-4130 has a performance profile that is just 7% below the top nine group leader average yet it only costs half as much. Power users that play intensive 3d games or run video editing, graphics design or CAD packages will benefit from more than two cores and will do well to look elsewhere but for regular users overall responsiveness will remain largely unchanged regardless of how much more is spent on the CPU. (My new value pick is the G3420 which supersedes my recommendation of the i3-4130.) ^{[Sep '13 CPUPro]}

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