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16 Cores, 24 Threads @3.4GHz, Raptor Lake.
Release date: Q4 2022.

2 Cores, 4 Threads @2.6GHz, Ivy Bridge.
Release date: Q1 2013.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 102,367 user samples
41,056 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 131% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 5.45 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 120% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg)
Poor: 120% Great: 131%
SPEED RANK: 10th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 126%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 124%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 151%
UFO
61,311 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 58% Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 30% Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg)
Poor: 30% Great: 58%
SPEED RANK: 861st / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 49%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 55%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 34%
Sail boat
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
126 % Hugely faster effective speed.
+158%
48.7 %
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
84.7 Pts Lower memory latency.
+20%
70.6 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
222 Pts Hugely faster single-core speed.
+243%
64.7 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
444 Pts Hugely faster dual-core speed.
+300%
111 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
888 Pts Hugely faster quad-core speed.
+469%
156 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
1,676 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+922%
164 Pts
Memory
OC Memory Latency
93.4 Pts Slightly lower OC memory latency.
+9%
85.4 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
230 Pts Hugely faster OC single-core speed.
+185%
80.6 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
459 Pts Hugely faster OC dual-core speed.
+233%
138 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
915 Pts Hugely faster OC quad-core speed.
+362%
198 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
1,781 Pts Hugely faster OC octa-core speed.
+795%
199 Pts
Market Share
Based on 69,039,239 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.86 % Insanely higher market share.
+1,620%
0.05 %
Value
Value For Money
126 % Hugely better value.
+95%
64.5 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
91 % Much more popular.
+69%
54 %
Price
Price (score)
$273 $100 Much cheaper.
+63%
Age
Newest
24 Months Hugely more recent.
+83%
142 Months
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP)
125 Watts 35 Watts Much more energy efficient.
+72%
Cores
CPU Processing Cores
16 cores Hugely higher core count.
+700%
2 cores
Threads
CPU Processing Threads
24 threads Hugely higher thread count.
+500%
4 threads
Lithography
Manufacturing process
10 nm Much newer manufacturing.
+55%
22 nm
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed
3.4 GHz Much faster base frequency.
+31%
2.6 GHz
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed
5.4 GHz Much faster turbo frequency.
+69%
3.2 GHz
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
3,235 Pts Insanely faster OC 64-core speed.
+1,526%
199 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
3,098 Pts Insanely faster 64-core speed.
+1,789%
164 Pts
Series
CPU Architecture
Raptor Lake Ivy Bridge
Socket
Motherboard Socket
FCLGA1700 FCBGA1023
Graphics
Integrated Graphics
UHD 770 HD 4000

Intel’s 13th gen. Raptor Lake CPUs offer around 10% faster gaming and 45% faster multi-core performance than their predecessors. The new CPUs are compatible with DDR4 memory and Z690/B660 ($150) motherboards. New high-end gaming builders need look no further than the 13600K. The 13600K beats AMD’s flagship 7950X in gaming and almost matches the 7900X in multi-core performance. Extreme workstation users may find value in the 13700K or 13900K. Gamers on a tight budget can save $40 USD with a 13600KF which is a 13600K without integrated graphics. Although Ryzen 7000 has weaker multi-core, weaker single-core, higher platform costs and higher unit prices AMD have a 3D joker up their sleeve (7800X3D est. 2023). Via “Advanced Marketing” on youtube, forums, reddit, and twitter AMD will demonstrate that their upcoming CPU is the “best in the world” and offer “proof” by way of a small handful of obscure workloads. Games that few people play e.g. (Factorio, SotTR) will be cherry picked, video footage of the gameplay/settings won’t be provided and frame drops will be conveniently ignored. This playbook has easily outsold Intel in recent years but with every overhyped release, consumers lose trust in AMD. Based on social media/press coverage, you would never guess that the combined market share for all of AMD’s Radeon 5000 and 6000 GPUs amongst PC gamers is just 2.12% (Steam stats). Meanwhile Nvidia’s RTX 2060 alone accounts for a whopping 5.03%. Largely thanks to marketing incompetence, Intel is existentially motivated to deliver material annual performance improvements. Consumers can look forward to Meteor Lake (14th gen) in less than a years time. [Oct '22 CPUPro]

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The Intel Core i5-3230M is a dual-core four thread mobile processor based on the 3rd generation Ivy Bridge architecture. It was launched in Q1 2013 and, for a mobile processor, scores a reasonable effective speedscore of 66: the base clock speed is 2.6 GHz which can reach 3.2 GHz under turbo boost. The i5-3230M features Intel HD Graphics 4000, so both the GPU and CPU are improvement over the comparable i5 Sandy Bridge processors. The i5-3230M is absolutely fine for casual usage, however, like most laptop processors, would struggle with CPU intensive tasks such as CAD and video encoding. Additionally the IGP is unsuitable for the graphics requirements of modern 3D games. Despite having a respectable TDP of 35W this is halved in more recent processors such as the i5-3317U which leads to more battery life. [Nov '14 CPUPro]

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