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IntelBX80633I74960X
$1,189
AMD100-100000159BOX
▲ 52910 ▼
 $1,189 

6 Cores, 12 Threads @3.6GHz, Ivy Bridge-E.
Release date: Q3 2013.

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▲ 701,688 ▼

4 Cores, 8 Threads @3.8GHz, Zen2.
Release date: Q2 2020.

Effective Speed 
+2%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 20,414 user samples
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5,121 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 88% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 70% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 1.65 GHz (avg)
Poor: 70% Great: 88%
SPEED RANK: 257th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
15,293 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 89% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 69% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Poor: 69% Great: 89%
SPEED RANK: 242nd / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		78.4 % 79.7 % +2%
Average Score 
+17%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		86.2 Pts Lower memory latency.
+12% 		77.3 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		98 Pts 137 Pts Much faster single-core speed.
+40%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		196 Pts 257 Pts Much faster dual-core speed.
+31%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		381 Pts 443 Pts Faster quad-core speed.
+16%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		619 Pts 662 Pts Slightly faster octa-core speed.
+7%
Overclocked Score 
+11%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		95.2 Pts Slightly lower OC memory latency.
+9% 		87.6 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		118 Pts 147 Pts Faster OC single-core speed.
+25%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		231 Pts 289 Pts Faster OC dual-core speed.
+25%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		450 Pts 500 Pts Faster OC quad-core speed.
+11%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		728 Pts 748 Pts +3%
Value & Sentiment 
+50%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.02 % 0.02 %
Value
Value For Money 		52.6 % 94.4 % Much better value.
+80%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		52 % 70 % Much more popular.
+35%
Price
Price (score) 		$1,189 $150 Hugely cheaper.
+87%
Nice To Haves 
+7%
Age
Newest 		128 Months 47 Months Much more recent.
+63%
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 		130 Watts 65 Watts Much more energy efficient.
+50%
Cores
CPU Processing Cores 		6 cores Much higher core count.
+50% 		4 cores
Threads
CPU Processing Threads 		12 threads Much higher thread count.
+50% 		8 threads
Lithography
Manufacturing process 		22 nm 7 nm Much newer manufacturing.
+68%
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed 		3.6 GHz 3.8 GHz Slightly faster base frequency.
+6%
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed 		4 GHz 4.3 GHz Slightly faster turbo frequency.
+8%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		905 Pts Faster OC 64-core speed.
+20% 		753 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		776 Pts Faster 64-core speed.
+15% 		677 Pts
Specifications 
Series
CPU Architecture 		Ivy Bridge-E Zen2
Socket
Motherboard Socket 		FCLGA2011 AM4
Graphics
Integrated Graphics 		None None
Conclusion 
Average Bench 78.4%
Average Bench 79.7%
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The Core i7-4960X is Intel's top of the range desktop processor which sports six physical and twelve hyper-threaded cores. The 4960X was released in 2013 but it uses an FCLGA2011 socket which is supported only by the X79 chipset and is now three years old. As a result an investment in this processor forgoes the last three years worth of platform advances which include, amongst other things, on-board USB 3.0 and additional SATA 600 MB/s ports. Comparing the 4960X and the 4930K shows that when overclocked, the 4930K is able to best the extreme 4960X at nearly half the price! Finally comparing the latest Haswell 4770K to the 4960X shows that 4770K is again able to best the 4960X, this time at a small fraction of the price. The 4960X is significantly overpriced and there is far better value available elsewhere. [Mar '14 CPUPro]

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The 3300X is a 4-core Ryzen CPU. Priced at just $120 USD, it offers far better value to gamers than all the previous Ryzen CPUs. This is great news for potential buyers, but bad luck for gamers that recently spent nearly three times more on the 8-core 3700X. The reduction from eight to four cores results in more efficient caching and higher boost clocks. AMD’s marketing has abruptly broken from the firmly established “moar cores” mantra to a conveniently realistic: four cores are actually okay. Shifting goalposts this quickly reveals an unhealthy focus on first time buyers and a brazen disregard for existing customers. Sales tactics aside, unfortunately the 3300X remains constrained by architectural latency and the associated gaming bottleneck (frame drops). Comparing an overclocked 3300X pegged at 4425 MHz to a stock Intel Core i3-10100 running at 4100 MHz shows that the i3-10100 delivers better gaming performance in four out of five games. The 10100 also includes an iGPU with QuickSync hardware encoding. Since additional cores make little difference to gamers, there are no significant upgrades beyond the 3300X in the Ryzen product stack. In order to achieve better gaming performance, it is necessary to upgrade to a higher tier Intel CPU. Despite the barrage of anonymous hearsay pushed on social media, users will be hard pressed to find actual use cases that favor the 3300X over the i3-10100, especially when the 10100 is not handicapped by 2666 MHz RAM. Gamers are bottlenecked by the Ryzen architecture and desktop users need integrated graphics. [Jun '20 CPUPro]

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