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Best Bench: 88% Base clock 4.25 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 67% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)

Poor: 67% Great: 88%

SPEED RANK: 280^th / 1445

Gaming 77%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 67%

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Best Bench: 100% Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 77% Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 1.25 GHz (avg)

Poor: 77% Great: 100%

SPEED RANK: 164^th / 1445

Gaming 87%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 90%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		76.9 %			86.8 %	Faster effective speed. +13%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	85.4 Pts	88.2 Pts	+3%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	95.4 Pts	114 Pts	Faster single-core speed. +19%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	191 Pts	228 Pts	Faster dual-core speed. +19%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	369 Pts	458 Pts	Faster quad-core speed. +24%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	594 Pts	884 Pts	Much faster octa-core speed. +49%


Memory OC Memory Latency	94.8 Pts	95.9 Pts	+1%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	118 Pts	142 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +20%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	235 Pts	283 Pts	Faster OC dual-core speed. +20%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	452 Pts	565 Pts	Faster OC quad-core speed. +25%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	728 Pts	1118 Pts	Much faster OC octa-core speed. +54%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.02 %		0.02 %
Value Value For Money	99.6 %	Much better value. +31%	76.1 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	53 %		62 %	More popular. +17%
Price Price (score)	$109	Much cheaper. +76%	$449


Age Newest	128 Months		95 Months	More recent. +26%
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watts	Slightly more energy efficient. +7%	140 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	6 cores		10 cores	Much higher core count. +67%
Threads CPU Processing Threads	12 threads		20 threads	Much higher thread count. +67%
Lithography Manufacturing process	22 nm		14 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +36%
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.4 GHz	Faster base frequency. +13%	3 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.9 GHz		4 GHz	+3%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	913 Pts		1799 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +97%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	747 Pts		1470 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +97%


Series CPU Architecture	Ivy Bridge-E	Broadwell-E
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA2011	LGA2011-V3
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	None
Launch Date Launch Date	Q3'13	Q2'16
Cache Cache	12 MB SmartCache	25 MB
Lithography Lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Max Turbo Frequency Max Turbo Frequency	3.9 GHz	4 GHz
Max Memory Size Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)	64 GB	128 GB
Memory Types Memory Types	DDR3 1333/1600/1866	DDR4 2400/2133
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The Intel i7-4930K has six cores rather the standard four. The additional two cores improve multi-core throughput by 50% but leave single and dual-core speeds unchanged. Comparing the 4930K to the 3930K, its predecessor, shows that little has changed in terms of performance. At peak performance when both processors are overclocked the 4930K leads by around 7%. As well superb multi-core performance, both processors also have very strong single and dual core performance. The main downside to the 4930K is the fact that it still runs on the same FCLGA2011 platform as its predecessor, as a result purchasing it would effectively mean buying into a technology that is over three years old. In most cases, it would probably make sense to wait for a Haswell based hexacore. ^{[Mar '14 CPUPro]}

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The Core i7-6950X is Intel’s new top of the range prosumer CPU. This flagship model has a whopping ten cores with base and turbo frequencies of 3.0 and 4.0 GHz respectively. The 6950X is based on the 14 nm Broadwell-E architecture. It has a TDP of 140 watts, 40 PCIe 3.0 lanes and no integrated graphics. Because of its ridiculously high MSRP of around $2,000, this CPU only makes sense for very niche use cases which could include top end graphics design or video production workstations. Comparing the 6950X and 6700K shows that for typical desktop use the 6950X only offers a gain of around 20% for a whopping 6 fold price increase. This is because desktop computing largely depends on single core performance and the Skylake i7-6700K is both clocked higher and has higher IPC due to its one generation lead over the 6950X. That said, if you want the most powerful desktop processor money can buy, then the 6950X hits the spot. ^{[Jun '16 CPUPro]}

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