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Best Bench: 94% Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 70% Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg)

Poor: 70% Great: 94%

SPEED RANK: 228^th / 1442

Gaming 80%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 77%

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Best Bench: 92% Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 74% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 0.55 GHz (avg)

Poor: 74% Great: 92%

SPEED RANK: 192^nd / 1442

Gaming 84%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 79%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		80.5 %			84.1 %	+4%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	87 Pts	Lower memory latency. +13%	76.9 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	100 Pts		136 Pts	Much faster single-core speed. +36%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	201 Pts		264 Pts	Much faster dual-core speed. +31%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	398 Pts		490 Pts	Faster quad-core speed. +23%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	718 Pts		808 Pts	Faster octa-core speed. +13%


Memory OC Memory Latency	95.3 Pts	Slightly lower OC memory latency. +9%	87.1 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	128 Pts		146 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +14%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	254 Pts		287 Pts	Faster OC dual-core speed. +13%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	502 Pts		553 Pts	Faster OC quad-core speed. +10%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	920 Pts	+5%	878 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.05 %	0.11 %	Hugely higher market share. +120%
Value Value For Money	79.9 %	90.8 %	Better value. +14%
User Rating UBM User Rating	56 %	70 %	More popular. +25%
Price Price (score)	$285	$210	Cheaper. +26%


Age Newest	116 Months		57 Months	Much more recent. +51%
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watts		95 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +32%
Cores CPU Processing Cores	8 cores	Much higher core count. +33%	6 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	16 threads	Much higher thread count. +33%	12 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	22 nm		7 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +68%
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3 GHz		3.8 GHz	Faster base frequency. +27%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.5 GHz		4.4 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +26%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	1353 Pts	Faster OC 64-core speed. +22%	1106 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	1075 Pts	Slightly faster 64-core speed. +6%	1017 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Haswell-E	Zen2
Socket Motherboard Socket	LGA2011-V3	AM4
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	None

The Intel 5960X sports eight cores and sixteen threads. That's two more cores than we have ever seen on a consumer processor before and as such this $1,000 processor offers record breaking multi-threaded CPU horsepower. Unfortunately the 5960X is clocked at just 3 GHz base and 3.5 GHz turbo which, for single and dual-core workloads, renders it around 15% slower than a $69 G3258 on stock clocks! The 5960X is only compatible with Intel's new X99 chipset which requires new DDR4 RAM and is currently far more expensive, with little consumer benefit, than DDR3. All in all the i7-5960X processor is largely irrelevant for consumers as it's far far too expensive. ^{[Sep '14 CPUPro]}

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Early Q3 of 2019 sees the release of the new Ryzen 5 3600X: a hex-core, 12-thread processor. AMD are releasing five new CPUs based on their latest Zen 2 microarchitecture which delivers approximately 13% better IPC than the previous 12nm Zen+. For workstation builds the 3600X is viable, however, the $200 USD Ryzen 5 3600 represents a far better value proposition. The additional $40 USD for the 3600X basically buys a better cooler (Spire vs Stealth). This allows for an extra 200 MHz of extra base and boost clock: 3.8 / 4.4 GHz on the 3600X vs 3.6 / 4.2 GHz on the 3600, this translates to approximately 2% higher overclocked performance for 20% more money. Neither of the stock coolers on the 3600 or 3600X are as effective as a $20 USD aftermarket cooler such as the Gammaxx 400. The 3600 with a Gammaxx 400 outperforms the 3600X with a Spire cooler and when both use a Gammaxx 400 they are more or less identical. The 3600X SKU is basically a marketing gimmick designed to milk unsuspecting consumers. Comparing the 3600X to Intel’s overclocked flagship i5-9600K shows that although the 3600X has 29% faster 64-core speed, it is around 11% worse for gaming (sub eight core performance). Additionally, the 3600X's memory controller, although significantly improved over previous Ryzen iterations, still has limited bandwidth and high latency which can also impact gaming. The arrival of Zen 2 marks the end of the "Sandy Bridge (i5-2500K)" era, Intel can no longer rely exclusively on their single-core advantage to dominate the market, they must also compete on price. ^{[Jul '19 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
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