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▲ 53588 ▼

6 Cores, 12 Threads @3.3GHz, Sandy Bridge-E.
Release date: Q3 2011.

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▲ 53151 ▼

24 Cores, 48 Threads.
Release date ≈ Q4 2019.

Effective Speed 
+12%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 8,774 user samples
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2,165 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 89% Base clock 3.3 GHz
Worst Bench: 66% Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 0.85 GHz (avg)
Poor: 66% Great: 89%
SPEED RANK: 278th / 1452
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
6,609 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 94% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 80% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg)
Poor: 80% Great: 94%
SPEED RANK: 164th / 1452
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 138%
UFO
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		77.7 % 87.2 % Faster effective speed.
+12%
Average Score 
+42%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		87.1 Pts Lower memory latency.
+22% 		71.4 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		96.7 Pts 143 Pts Much faster single-core speed.
+48%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		192 Pts 284 Pts Much faster dual-core speed.
+48%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		369 Pts 551 Pts Much faster quad-core speed.
+49%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		585 Pts 1092 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+87%
Overclocked Score 
+27%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		95.3 Pts Lower OC memory latency.
+17% 		81.7 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		118 Pts 152 Pts Faster OC single-core speed.
+29%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		233 Pts 303 Pts Much faster OC dual-core speed.
+30%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		457 Pts 590 Pts Faster OC quad-core speed.
+29%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		715 Pts 1173 Pts Much faster OC octa-core speed.
+64%
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 		78.7 % Much better value.
+39% 		56.5 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		53 % 53 %
Price
Price (score) 		$265 Hugely cheaper.
+80% 		$1,350
Nice To Haves 
+323%
Age
Newest 		153 Months 54+ Months Much more recent.
+65%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		888 Pts 4616 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+420%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		728 Pts 4251 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+484%
Conclusion 
Average Bench 77.7%
Average Bench 87.2%
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The fact that the near three year old Intel i7-3960X still tops the speed charts reflects just how little competition there is in the CPU market. Intel have dominated for so long that there is simply no economic incentive to push the speed boundaries at anywhere nearly the pace of improvement we saw in previous years. The i7-3960X has 6 cores and 12 threads which is two cores more than the vast majority of Intel's other top end processors. The extra two cores explain why the 3960X still performs so well compared to the majority of the 3960X's newer siblings. This processor will offer little more than a far cheaper i3 to regular desktop users but for server orientated workloads it is still one of the best processors available. [Mar '14 CPUPro]

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"Build to perform. Designed to win". Launched 25 November of 2019, this mighty 24 core 48 thread CPU boasts 88 PCIe 4.0 lanes (16 lanes used for high-speed interconnect, 176 PCIe 3.0 lanes effective), 142.25MB of cache, 3.8GHz base and 4.5GHz max boost clock with 280W effective TDP. This CPU competes well with entire of Intel HEDT and Xeon lineup thanks to unprecedented single core performance and insane multi core performance compared to all Intel HEDT CPUs. The new Threadripper 3000 series CPU is (in my opinion) classified as the Extreme High End Desktop (EHEDT) CPU as this CPU has both very high single core and multi core performance, high amount of PCIe lanes and L3 cache and clearly very high price (this CPU costs $1399.99 at launch) which ranks them above HEDT. [Nov '19 ColdSpy]

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