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Best Bench: 62% Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 30% Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)

Poor: 30% Great: 62%

SPEED RANK: 791^st / 1442

Gaming 50%

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Desktop 56%

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Workstation 35%

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Best Bench: 92% Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 71% Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 0.2 GHz (avg)

Poor: 71% Great: 92%

SPEED RANK: 188^th / 1442

Gaming 84%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 89%

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Workstation 70%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		50.1 %			84.2 %	Much faster effective speed. +68%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	73.2 Pts	89.6 Pts	Lower memory latency. +22%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	63.9 Pts	127 Pts	Hugely faster single-core speed. +99%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	109 Pts	242 Pts	Hugely faster dual-core speed. +122%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	158 Pts	426 Pts	Hugely faster quad-core speed. +170%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	163 Pts	647 Pts	Hugely faster octa-core speed. +297%


Memory OC Memory Latency	90.3 Pts	96.5 Pts	Slightly lower OC memory latency. +7%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	84 Pts	142 Pts	Much faster OC single-core speed. +69%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	141 Pts	275 Pts	Hugely faster OC dual-core speed. +95%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	207 Pts	482 Pts	Hugely faster OC quad-core speed. +133%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	206 Pts	737 Pts	Hugely faster OC octa-core speed. +258%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.02 %	1 %	Insanely higher market share. +4,900%
Value Value For Money	45.5 %	86.7 %	Hugely better value. +90%
User Rating UBM User Rating	52 %	83 %	Much more popular. +60%
Price Price (score)	$393	$250	Much cheaper. +36%


Age Newest	127 Months		87 Months	Much more recent. +31%
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watts	Hugely more energy efficient. +84%	91 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	2 cores		4 cores	Hugely higher core count. +100%
Threads CPU Processing Threads	4 threads		8 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +100%
Lithography Manufacturing process	22 nm		14 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +36%
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	1.8 GHz		4.2 GHz	Hugely faster base frequency. +133%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3 GHz		4.5 GHz	Much faster turbo frequency. +50%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	207 Pts		747 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +261%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	164 Pts		662 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +304%


Series CPU Architecture	Haswell	Kaby Lake
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCBGA1168	FCLGA1151
Graphics Integrated Graphics	HD 4400	HD 630
Launch Date Launch Date	Q3'13	Q1'17
Cache Cache	4 MB SmartCache	8 MB
Lithography Lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Recommended Price Recommended Customer Price	$393.00	$339.00 - $350.00
Max Turbo Frequency Max Turbo Frequency	3 GHz	4.50 GHz
Bus Speed Bus Speed	5 GT/s DMI2	8 GT/s DMI3
Max Memory Size Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)	16 GB	64 GB
Memory Types Memory Types	DDR3L 1333/1600, LPDDR3 1333/1600	DDR4-2133/2400, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V
Processor Graphics Processor Graphics ‡	Intel® HD Graphics 4400	Intel® HD Graphics 630
Graphics Base Frequency Graphics Base Frequency	200 MHz	350.00 MHz
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency	1.1 GHz	1.15 GHz
Graphics Video Max Memory Graphics Video Max Memory	2 GB	64 GB
Package Size Package Size	40mm x 24mm x 1.5mm	37.5mm x 37.5mm
TSX-NI Intel® TSX-NI	No	Yes
PCI Express Revision PCI Express Revision	2.0	3.0
PCI Express Configurations PCI Express Configurations ‡	4x1, 2x4	Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Max # of PCI Express Lanes Max # of PCI Express Lanes	12	16
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The Intel i7-4500U is a dual core, four thread 4th generation Haswell ultrabook processor. Its most impressive feature is a TDP of 15 Watts which typically yields over five hours of battery life. Despite the i7-4500Us relatively low effective speed of 66 (compared to the average of the leaders), the i7-4500U is perfectly adequate for handling the majority of day to day computing tasks, but it will struggle to deliver on CPU intensive tasks such as video editing and CAD. Gamers should obviously look elsewhere as despite the impressive desktop performance of the integrated HD 4400 graphics, 3D performance is far from adequate for modern games. If the battery life is a priority, then downgrading to the cheaper i5-4200U will deliver 15% more life but comparing the 4500U and 4200U shows that the 4500U is around 17% faster. ^{[Nov '14 CPUPro]}

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The Core i7-7700K is Intel’s flagship Kaby Lake based CPU which is reported to have the same IPC as its predecessor, Skylake. Comparing the 7700K and 6700K shows that both average effective speed and peak overclocked speed are up by 7%. Most of the increase in average effective speed is explained by the 5% boost in base clocks from 4.0 to 4.2 GHz. The improved peak lab speed is attributable to a combination of better overclocking capacity and improvements in Intel’s speedshift technology which make the 7700K slightly more responsive. Kaby Lake also has marginally better HD 630 integrated graphics. The i7-7700K is priced similarly to the i7-6700K so for top end gaming and workstation builds, the 7700K is the clear choice for 2017. AMD’s Ryzen will release later this year so things could change at that time. ^{[Jan '17 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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