IntelBX80646I74770K
AMD100-100000051WOF

4 Cores, 8 Threads @3.5GHz, Haswell.
Release date: Q1 2013.

16 Cores, 32 Threads @3.5GHz, Zen2.
Release date: Q4 2019.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 223,057 user samples
172,887 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 84% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 60% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 0.75 GHz (avg)
Poor: 60% Great: 84%
SPEED RANK: 327th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Gunboat
50,170 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 97% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 79% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 0.5 GHz (avg)
Poor: 79% Great: 97%
SPEED RANK: 139th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 114%
UFO
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
73.6 % 89.3 % Faster effective speed.
+21%
14 Nov19|PCGamer
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X review
32 % Hitm2 41%, FarC5 35%, StrangeB 8%, TWarW2 37%, SotTR 42%, ACO 46%, MetroEx 14%, MESoW 24%, Divis2 37%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
85.6 Pts Lower memory latency.
+11%
77.2 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
101 Pts 139 Pts Much faster single-core speed.
+38%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
192 Pts 276 Pts Much faster dual-core speed.
+44%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
334 Pts 543 Pts Much faster quad-core speed.
+63%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
497 Pts 1074 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+116%
Memory
OC Memory Latency
96 Pts Slightly lower OC memory latency.
+9%
88.2 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
122 Pts 150 Pts Faster OC single-core speed.
+23%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
232 Pts 297 Pts Faster OC dual-core speed.
+28%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
403 Pts 580 Pts Much faster OC quad-core speed.
+44%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
609 Pts 1146 Pts Hugely faster OC octa-core speed.
+88%
Market Share
Based on 67,751,380 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.29 % Hugely higher market share.
+480%
0.05 %
Value
Value For Money
92.7 % Better value.
+23%
75.4 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
64 % Slightly more popular.
+7%
60 %
Price
Price (score)
$120 Much cheaper.
+77%
$515
Age
Newest
133 Months 53 Months Much more recent.
+60%
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP)
84 Watts More energy efficient.
+20%
105 Watts
Cores
CPU Processing Cores
4 cores 16 cores Hugely higher core count.
+300%
Threads
CPU Processing Threads
8 threads 32 threads Hugely higher thread count.
+300%
Lithography
Manufacturing process
22 nm 7 nm Much newer manufacturing.
+68%
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed
3.5 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed
3.9 GHz 4.7 GHz Faster turbo frequency.
+21%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
620 Pts 2965 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+378%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
513 Pts 2737 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+434%
Series
CPU Architecture
Haswell Zen2
Socket
Motherboard Socket
FCLGA1150 AM4
Graphics
Integrated Graphics
HD 4600 None
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The Core i7-4770K is Intel's fourth generation (codename Haswell) flagship processor in the hugely successful Core range. It's not surprising that the 4770K sets a new Real World Performance index record, besting its predecessor by just over 9%. The 4770K also tops out in the remainder of our benchmarks setting new highs of 10020 and 2164 in the PassMark and PassMark Single Thread tests which equates to roughly an 8% overall performance increase over the 3770K. With a TDP of 84 watts, power consumption has increased slightly over the 3770K. The new Core i7-4770K demonstrates around an 8% performance increase over its predecessor the 3770K but it costs 12% more. As a result, at least until prices drop, this processor represents marginally worse value for money than the 3770K. [Jun '13 CPUPro]

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The 3950X is the 16 core, 32 thread Ryzen 3 flagship. Although this CPU offers server levels of multi-core encoding performance, there are relatively few, if any, consumer use cases for the 3950X. Streamers are better off using dedicated hardware such as NVENC which encodes far more efficiently than any CPU. Gamers are better served by low latency gaming CPUs such as the 9600K for a fraction of the price. For example, comparing these two PCs shows that the 3950X build offers less than half the gaming performance. The only rational reason to put a 3950X in a gaming build is in exchange for sponsorship money. [Feb '21 CPUPro]

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