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2 Cores, 4 Threads @3.33 GHz, Clarkdale.
Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

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+25%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 13,381 user samples
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2,457 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 55% Base clock 5 GHz
Worst Bench: 37% Base clock 3.35 GHz
Poor: 37% Great: 55%
SPEED RANK: 796th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 50%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 57%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski
10,924 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 51% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 21% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 1.8 GHz (avg)
Poor: 21% Great: 51%
SPEED RANK: 1067th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 40%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 47%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 27%
Raft
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		49.8 % Faster effective speed.
+25% 		40 %
Average Score 
+77%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		66.4 Pts +0% 66.2 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		79.4 Pts Much faster single-core speed.
+44% 		55 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		138 Pts Much faster dual-core speed.
+72% 		80 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		194 Pts Hugely faster quad-core speed.
+135% 		82.7 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		196 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+133% 		84 Pts
Overclocked Score 
+64%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		73.9 Pts 87.2 Pts Lower OC memory latency.
+18%
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		90.1 Pts Much faster OC single-core speed.
+31% 		68.6 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		165 Pts Much faster OC dual-core speed.
+65% 		99.9 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		219 Pts Hugely faster OC quad-core speed.
+120% 		99.5 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		219 Pts Hugely faster OC octa-core speed.
+120% 		99.4 Pts
Value & Sentiment 
+∞%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0 % 0.01 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞%
Value
Value For Money 		70.2 % Better value.
+10% 		63.7 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		51 % 52 % +2%
Price
Price (score) 		$80 $51 Much cheaper.
+36%
Nice To Haves 
+85%
Age
Newest 		124+ Months 118+ Months +5%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		220 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+122% 		99.3 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		197 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+139% 		82.4 Pts
Conclusion 
Average Bench 49.8%
Average Bench 40%
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A higher end Clarkdale hyperthreaded dual core processor. Came with similar amount of cores as i3-540 but comes with performance boosting features such as turbo which boost operating frequency to determined clock. For most users might worth looking to spend $30 more for more powerful i5-750 which comes with 4 core and 4 thread. Still worth it for today albeit for light gaming and modern basic tasks. [Dec '19 ColdSpy]

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I loved this thing, so much nostalgia, any sort of cpu intensive game ran like crap and any modern game will. But god, after an overclock, it really tells you how far ryzen has come on their single core, aka no where. This thing is a cheap beast, going for like $45. Don’t ever really buy it though, just get like a FX-6300, 6 cores, 6 threads versus 1 core, 2 threads at $90 (+$45 more). If you’re truly set on a $50 CPU, buy a A8 6600K. Saw those floating for the same price as this but with quad core. Overall making this product obsolete, but still no where near the worst of old tech. Especially a 6 year old product that still arguably has a fight and a half left in it. I mean it is extremely unlikely you’ll find a use for it, but under the right circumstances, I.E a strictly single core game, after a pushy overclock and in theory you would get the same FPS as a modern ryzen, as in 2020 product. P.S. Over clock the absolute hell out of this thing for the real performance. [Jan '21 ThatGuyRandomly]

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