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2 Cores, 4 Threads @2.3 GHz, Skylake.
Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

  

2 Cores, 4 Threads @2.4 GHz, Sandy Bridge.
Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 135,986 user samples
135,462 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 55% Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 17% Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 0.4 GHz (avg)
Poor: 17% Great: 55%
SPEED RANK: 1054th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 47%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 30%
Raft
524 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 61% Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 33% Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)
Poor: 33% Great: 61%
SPEED RANK: 740th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 53%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 59%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 37%
Jet ski
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
41.3 % 52.9 % Faster effective speed.
+28%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
56.7 Pts 79.7 Pts Much lower memory latency.
+41%
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
58.6 Pts 63.7 Pts Slightly faster single-core speed.
+9%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
106 Pts 108 Pts +2%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
150 Pts 154 Pts +3%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
161 Pts +3% 156 Pts
Memory
OC Memory Latency
80 Pts 91.3 Pts Lower OC memory latency.
+14%
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
74 Pts 78.4 Pts Slightly faster OC single-core speed.
+6%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
133 Pts 140 Pts Slightly faster OC dual-core speed.
+5%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
191 Pts +2% 188 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
197 Pts +5% 188 Pts
Market Share
Based on 68,985,056 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.2 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞%
0 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
52 % +4% 50 %
Age
Newest
109+ Months More recent.
+17%
131+ Months
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
199 Pts Slightly faster OC 64-core speed.
+5%
189 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
161 Pts +4% 155 Pts
Launch Date
Launch Date
Q3'15 Q4'11
Instruction Set Extensions
Instruction Set Extensions
SSE4.1/4.2, AVX 2.0 AVX
Lithography
Lithography
14 nm 32 nm
Recommended Price
Recommended Customer Price
$281.00 N/A
Max Turbo Frequency
Max Turbo Frequency
2.8 GHz 3 GHz
Max Memory Size
Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)
32 GB 16 GB
Memory Types
Memory Types
DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600 DDR3 1066/1333
Memory Bandwidth
Max Memory Bandwidth
34.1 GB/s 21.3 GB/s
Processor Graphics
Processor Graphics ‡
Intel® HD Graphics 520 Intel® HD Graphics 3000
Graphics Base Frequency
Graphics Base Frequency
300 MHz 650 MHz
Graphics Output
Graphics Output
eDP/DP/HDMI/DVI eDP/DP/HDMI/SDVO/CRT
# of Displays Supported
# of Displays Supported ‡
3 2
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency
1 GHz 1.3 GHz
Package Size
Package Size
42mm X 24mm 37.5mmx37.5mm (rPGA988B); 31mm x 24mm (BGA1023)
Graphics and IMC Lithography
Graphics and IMC Lithography
14 nm 32 nm
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 2.0
PCI Express Configurations
PCI Express Configurations ‡
1x4, 2x2, 1x2+2x1 and 4x1 1x16, 2x8, 1x8 2x4
Max # of PCI Express Lanes
Max # of PCI Express Lanes
12 16

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NOT IMPRESS! Compare to a 2 generation older comparable i5 CPU the i5-4250 it's not mush faster (well you wont notice it) What have you done Intel in 22 month!  [Dec '19 Strauby]

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