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4 Cores, 4 Threads @3.4GHz, Ivy Bridge.
Release date: Q2 2012.

4 Cores, 8 Threads @3.5GHz, Zen.
Release date: Q2 2017.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 255,554 user samples
185,516 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 79% Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 5.7 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 54% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 0.5 GHz (avg)
Poor: 54% Great: 79%
SPEED RANK: 472nd / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht
70,038 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 73% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 56% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg)
Poor: 56% Great: 73%
SPEED RANK: 490th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 66%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 55%
Gunboat
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
67.6 % +2% 66.4 %
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
83.1 Pts Lower memory latency.
+16%
71.8 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
94.1 Pts 103 Pts Slightly faster single-core speed.
+9%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
186 Pts 192 Pts +3%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
300 Pts 329 Pts Slightly faster quad-core speed.
+10%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
319 Pts 503 Pts Much faster octa-core speed.
+58%
Memory
OC Memory Latency
94.6 Pts Lower OC memory latency.
+19%
79.5 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
114 Pts 114 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
226 Pts +2% 222 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
393 Pts +3% 381 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
406 Pts 574 Pts Much faster OC octa-core speed.
+41%
Market Share
Based on 69,004,022 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.19 % Hugely higher market share.
+850%
0.02 %
Value
Value For Money
98.8 % Better value.
+16%
85.4 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
74 % More popular.
+21%
61 %
Price
Price (score)
$70 Much cheaper.
+37%
$111
Age
Newest
151 Months 91 Months Much more recent.
+40%
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP)
77 Watts 65 Watts More energy efficient.
+16%
Cores
CPU Processing Cores
4 cores 4 cores
Threads
CPU Processing Threads
4 threads 8 threads Hugely higher thread count.
+100%
Lithography
Manufacturing process
22 nm 14 nm Much newer manufacturing.
+36%
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed
3.4 GHz 3.5 GHz +3%
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed
3.8 GHz +3% 3.7 GHz
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
405 Pts 584 Pts Much faster OC 64-core speed.
+44%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
321 Pts 521 Pts Much faster 64-core speed.
+62%
Series
CPU Architecture
Ivy Bridge Zen
Socket
Motherboard Socket
FCLGA1155 AM4
Graphics
Integrated Graphics
HD 4000 None

The Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge processor is one of Intel's best performers to date. In terms of real world performance this processor offers far more than most users are likely to ever need. Scoring 2012 points on the PassMark Single Thread benchmark, the 3570K is within a few percent of the fastest processors currently available and at 77 watts TDP it's no energy hog either. The server orientated GeekBench and PassMark scores of 13920 and 7144 put the 3570K at just over the 50% marker in terms of total processing capacity compared to the other processors in the group test. For server based workloads more performance is available from the Core i7 range of processors but for typical consumer use this processor is already far more powerful than it needs to be. [May '13 CPUPro]

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The quad core and octa threaded Ryzen 1500X is a sub-$200 chip based on AMD's latest Zen architecture. It is released this month as part of the Ryzen 5 launch – a mid-market range specced out to challenge Intel's i5 series and yield considerably better multi-threaded performance at budget prices. Comparing the i5-7600K shows that the 7600K is 20% faster for single and quad core workloads but looses by 20% for multi-core workloads. The Ryzen 5 line-up also includes the 6 core 12 threaded 1600X. By comparison, the 1500X is 24% less expensive, comes with a Wraith Spire cooler and impressively yields very similar single and quad core performance, but multi-core performance lags 50% behind the 1600X. Both chips can be overclocked, but out the box, the base and boost clock speeds are 3.5GHz and 3.7GHz for the 1500X and 3.6GHz and 4.0GHz for the 1600X. The 1500X is a very reasonable CPU for the money, which thanks to AMD's recent IPC improvements, punches far above its weight for multi-threaded performance by Intel's standards. [Apr '17 CPUPro]

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