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4 Cores, 8 Threads @3.6 GHz, Sandy Bridge E.
Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

4 Cores, 8 Threads @3.7GHz, Ivy Bridge-E.
Release date: Q3 2013.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 61,843 user samples
38,674 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 80% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 56% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg)
Poor: 56% Great: 80%
SPEED RANK: 424th / 1463
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 55%
Gunboat
23,169 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 81% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 61% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
Poor: 61% Great: 81%
SPEED RANK: 376th / 1463
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
69.5 % 71.8 % +3%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
84.3 Pts 84.7 Pts +0%
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
90 Pts 94 Pts +4%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
173 Pts 182 Pts Slightly faster dual-core speed.
+5%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
299 Pts 320 Pts Slightly faster quad-core speed.
+7%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
432 Pts 477 Pts Faster octa-core speed.
+10%
Memory
OC Memory Latency
94.1 Pts +0% 94 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
110 Pts 116 Pts Slightly faster OC single-core speed.
+5%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
213 Pts 217 Pts +2%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
373 Pts 392 Pts Slightly faster OC quad-core speed.
+5%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
534 Pts 581 Pts Slightly faster OC octa-core speed.
+9%
Market Share
Based on 68,677,387 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.08 % Much higher market share.
+60%
0.05 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
52 % 55 % Slightly more popular.
+6%
Age
Newest
129+ Months +2% 132 Months
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
547 Pts 583 Pts Slightly faster OC 64-core speed.
+7%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
444 Pts 487 Pts Slightly faster 64-core speed.
+10%
Launch Date
Launch Date
Q1'12 Q3'13
Lithography
Lithography
32 nm 22 nm
Max Turbo Frequency
Max Turbo Frequency
3.8 GHz 3.9 GHz
Memory Types
Memory Types
DDR3 1066/1333/1600 DDR3 1333/1600/1866
Memory Bandwidth
Max Memory Bandwidth
51.2 GB/s 59.7 GB/s
PCI Express Revision
PCI Express Revision
2.0 3.0

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This is yet another processor from Intel that demonstrates their total market domination in the high end PC sector. The 4820K isn't really a step forward in any particular direction but rather a variant on what's already been available (performance wise) for a few years. As long as Intel is largely competing with itself they will likely continue with these sorts of incremental releases. The 4820K requires an Intel X79 chipset, which dates back to Sandy Bridge-E and lacks some of the newer features like native USB 3.0 support. An investment in the 4820K only makes sense if you already own an LGA2011 Motherboard and could be seen as good money chasing bad given that the platform is due an upgrade. That said the 4820K is a very capable multi-core processor and it sits amongst the top handful of processors in this regard. For typical consumers a Haswell i3 will offer mostly identical response times, a lower energy footprint and a significantly more competitive price. [Nov '13 CPUPro]

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