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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: 235^th / 1456

Gaming 80%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 77%

Battleship

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Best Bench: 79% Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 5.7 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 54% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 0.5 GHz (avg)

Poor: 54% Great: 79%

SPEED RANK: 460^th / 1456

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 74%

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Workstation 50%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		80.5 %	Faster effective speed. +19%		67.6 %


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	87 Pts	+5%	83.1 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	100 Pts	Slightly faster single-core speed. +6%	94.1 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	201 Pts	Slightly faster dual-core speed. +8%	186 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	398 Pts	Much faster quad-core speed. +33%	300 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	718 Pts	Hugely faster octa-core speed. +125%	319 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	95.3 Pts	+1%	94.6 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	128 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +12%	114 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	254 Pts	Faster OC dual-core speed. +12%	226 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	502 Pts	Faster OC quad-core speed. +28%	393 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	920 Pts	Hugely faster OC octa-core speed. +127%	406 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.05 %	0.16 %	Hugely higher market share. +220%
Value Value For Money	72.8 %	108 %	Much better value. +49%
User Rating UBM User Rating	56 %	74 %	Much more popular. +32%
Price Price (score)	$400	$50	Hugely cheaper. +88%


Age Newest	118 Months	More recent. +19%	146 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watts		77 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +45%
Cores CPU Processing Cores	8 cores	Hugely higher core count. +100%	4 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	16 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +300%	4 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	22 nm		22 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3 GHz		3.4 GHz	Faster base frequency. +13%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.5 GHz		3.8 GHz	Slightly faster turbo frequency. +9%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	1353 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +234%	405 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	1075 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +235%	321 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Haswell-E	Ivy Bridge
Socket Motherboard Socket	LGA2011-V3	FCLGA1155
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	HD 4000
Launch Date Launch Date	Q3'14	Q2'12
Cache Cache	20 MB SmartCache	6 MB SmartCache
Instruction Set Extensions Instruction Set Extensions	SSE4.2, AVX 2.0, AES	SSE4.1/4.2, AVX
Recommended Price Recommended Customer Price	$999.00 - $1059.00	$225.00 - $235.00
Max Turbo Frequency Max Turbo Frequency	3.5 GHz	3.8 GHz
Bus Speed Bus Speed	0 GT/s	5 GT/s DMI
Max Memory Size Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)	64 GB	32 GB
Memory Types Memory Types	DDR4 1333/1600/2133	DDR3 1333/1600
Memory Channels Max # of Memory Channels	4	2
Memory Bandwidth Max Memory Bandwidth	68 GB/s	25.6 GB/s
Processor Graphics Processor Graphics ‡	None	Intel® HD Graphics 4000
Package Size Package Size	52.5mm x 45.0mm	37.5mm x 37.5mm
Hyper-Threading Tech Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡	Yes	No
Virtualization for Directed I/O (VT-d) Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) ‡	Yes	No
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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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The Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge processor is one of Intel's best performers to date. In terms of real world performance this processor offers far more than most users are likely to ever need. Scoring 2012 points on the PassMark Single Thread benchmark, the 3570K is within a few percent of the fastest processors currently available and at 77 watts TDP it's no energy hog either. The server orientated GeekBench and PassMark scores of 13920 and 7144 put the 3570K at just over the 50% marker in terms of total processing capacity compared to the other processors in the group test. For server based workloads more performance is available from the Core i7 range of processors but for typical consumer use this processor is already far more powerful than it needs to be. ^{[May '13 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $160
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