UserBenchmark: Intel Core i5-3570K vs i7-5960X

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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: 459^th / 1452

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

Yacht

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Best Bench: 94% Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 70% Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg)

Poor: 70% Great: 94%

SPEED RANK: 235^th / 1452

Gaming 80%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 77%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		67.6 %			80.5 %	Faster effective speed. +19%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	83.1 Pts	87 Pts	+5%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	94.1 Pts	100 Pts	Slightly faster single-core speed. +6%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	186 Pts	201 Pts	Slightly faster dual-core speed. +8%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	300 Pts	398 Pts	Much faster quad-core speed. +33%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	319 Pts	718 Pts	Hugely faster octa-core speed. +125%


Memory OC Memory Latency	94.6 Pts	95.3 Pts	+1%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	114 Pts	128 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +12%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	226 Pts	254 Pts	Faster OC dual-core speed. +12%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	393 Pts	502 Pts	Faster OC quad-core speed. +28%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	406 Pts	920 Pts	Hugely faster OC octa-core speed. +127%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.15 %	Hugely higher market share. +650%	0.02 %
Value Value For Money	108 %	Much better value. +59%	68.3 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	74 %	Much more popular. +32%	56 %
Price Price (score)	$50	Hugely cheaper. +90%	$504


Age Newest	146 Months		118 Months	More recent. +19%
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	77 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +45%	140 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	4 cores		8 cores	Hugely higher core count. +100%
Threads CPU Processing Threads	4 threads		16 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +300%
Lithography Manufacturing process	22 nm		22 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.4 GHz	Faster base frequency. +13%	3 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.8 GHz	Slightly faster turbo frequency. +9%	3.5 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	405 Pts		1353 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +234%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	321 Pts		1075 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +235%


Series CPU Architecture	Ivy Bridge	Haswell-E
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1155	LGA2011-V3
Graphics Integrated Graphics	HD 4000	None
Launch Date Launch Date	Q2'12	Q3'14
Cache Cache	6 MB SmartCache	20 MB SmartCache
Instruction Set Extensions Instruction Set Extensions	SSE4.1/4.2, AVX	SSE4.2, AVX 2.0, AES
Recommended Price Recommended Customer Price	$225.00 - $235.00	$999.00 - $1059.00
Max Turbo Frequency Max Turbo Frequency	3.8 GHz	3.5 GHz
Bus Speed Bus Speed	5 GT/s DMI	0 GT/s
Max Memory Size Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)	32 GB	64 GB
Memory Types Memory Types	DDR3 1333/1600	DDR4 1333/1600/2133
Memory Channels Max # of Memory Channels	2	4
Memory Bandwidth Max Memory Bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	68 GB/s
Processor Graphics Processor Graphics ‡	Intel® HD Graphics 4000	None
Package Size Package Size	37.5mm x 37.5mm	52.5mm x 45.0mm
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) ‡	No	Yes
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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 Intel 5960X sports eight cores and sixteen threads. That's two more cores than we have ever seen on a consumer processor before and as such this $1,000 processor offers record breaking multi-threaded CPU horsepower. Unfortunately the 5960X is clocked at just 3 GHz base and 3.5 GHz turbo which, for single and dual-core workloads, renders it around 15% slower than a $69 G3258 on stock clocks! The 5960X is only compatible with Intel's new X99 chipset which requires new DDR4 RAM and is currently far more expensive, with little consumer benefit, than DDR3. All in all the i7-5960X processor is largely irrelevant for consumers as it's far far too expensive. ^{[Sep '14 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
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