IntelBX80623I72700K
AMDYD150XBBAEBOX

4 Cores, 8 Threads @3.5GHz, Sandy Bridge.
Release date: Q3 2011.

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

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 90,730 user samples
20,692 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 85% Base clock 4.8 GHz, turbo 6.65 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 60% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 0.35 GHz (avg)
Poor: 60% Great: 85%
SPEED RANK: 339th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
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: 469th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 66%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 55%
Gunboat
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
73 % Slightly faster effective speed.
+10%
66.4 %
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
87.7 Pts Lower memory latency.
+22%
71.8 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
96 Pts 103 Pts Slightly faster single-core speed.
+7%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
183 Pts 192 Pts +5%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
318 Pts 329 Pts +3%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
460 Pts 503 Pts Slightly faster octa-core speed.
+9%
Memory
OC Memory Latency
96.4 Pts Lower OC memory latency.
+21%
79.5 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
121 Pts Slightly faster OC single-core speed.
+6%
114 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
236 Pts Slightly faster OC dual-core speed.
+6%
222 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
412 Pts Slightly faster OC quad-core speed.
+8%
381 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
600 Pts +5% 574 Pts
Market Share
Based on 67,711,102 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.02 % 0.02 %
Value
Value For Money
99.8 % Better value.
+22%
81.6 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
55 % 61 % More popular.
+11%
Price
Price (score)
$89 Much cheaper.
+32%
$131
Age
Newest
151 Months 84 Months Much more recent.
+44%
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP)
95 Watts 65 Watts Much more energy efficient.
+32%
Cores
CPU Processing Cores
4 cores 4 cores
Threads
CPU Processing Threads
8 threads 8 threads
Lithography
Manufacturing process
32 nm 14 nm Much newer manufacturing.
+56%
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed
3.5 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed
3.9 GHz Slightly faster turbo frequency.
+5%
3.7 GHz
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
606 Pts +4% 584 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
466 Pts 521 Pts Faster 64-core speed.
+12%
Series
CPU Architecture
Sandy Bridge Zen
Socket
Motherboard Socket
LGA1155 AM4
Graphics
Integrated Graphics
HD 3000 None
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