IntelBX80633I74820K
IntelBX8071512100

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

4 Cores, 8 Threads @3.3GHz, Alder Lake.
Release date: Q1 2022.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 25,432 user samples
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: 361st / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
2,263 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 100% Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 87% Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Poor: 87% Great: 100%
SPEED RANK: 114th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 100%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
71.8 % 94.3 % Much faster effective speed.
+31%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
84.7 Pts +4% 81.5 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
94 Pts 173 Pts Hugely faster single-core speed.
+84%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
182 Pts 327 Pts Much faster dual-core speed.
+80%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
320 Pts 581 Pts Hugely faster quad-core speed.
+82%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
477 Pts 804 Pts Much faster octa-core speed.
+69%
Memory
OC Memory Latency
94 Pts +4% 90.3 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
116 Pts 179 Pts Much faster OC single-core speed.
+54%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
217 Pts 347 Pts Much faster OC dual-core speed.
+60%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
392 Pts 661 Pts Much faster OC quad-core speed.
+69%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
581 Pts 839 Pts Much faster OC octa-core speed.
+44%
Market Share
Based on 67,777,278 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.05 % 0.13 % Hugely higher market share.
+160%
Value
Value For Money
92.7 % 119 % Better value.
+28%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
55 % 91 % Much more popular.
+65%
Price
Price (score)
$110 Slightly cheaper.
+9%
$121
Age
Newest
127 Months 27 Months Much more recent.
+79%
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP)
130 Watts 60 Watts Much more energy efficient.
+54%
Cores
CPU Processing Cores
4 cores 4 cores
Threads
CPU Processing Threads
8 threads 8 threads
Lithography
Manufacturing process
22 nm 10 nm Much newer manufacturing.
+55%
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed
3.7 GHz Faster base frequency.
+12%
3.3 GHz
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed
3.9 GHz 4.3 GHz Faster turbo frequency.
+10%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
583 Pts 841 Pts Much faster OC 64-core speed.
+44%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
487 Pts 807 Pts Much faster 64-core speed.
+66%
Series
CPU Architecture
Ivy Bridge-E Alder Lake
Socket
Motherboard Socket
FCLGA2011 FCLGA1700
Graphics
Integrated Graphics
None UHD 730
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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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I don't really like how they added such a tax for the integrated graphics. An extra $20 for an iGPU - especially on an i3 - isn't good. However, this CPU is one of the fastest quad cores to date and can run even on the most potato of power supplies. It brings out incredible gaming performance up to 50% faster than the i3 10100. It even manages to beat 6 core CPUs from AMD that run on Zen2, very impressive for just an i3 processor. Good job Intel, you got your position as king back.  [Apr '22 Waaaaaal]

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