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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%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 77%

Battleship

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Best Bench: 100% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 76% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)

Poor: 76% Great: 100%

SPEED RANK: 148^th / 1442

Gaming 88%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 80%

Battleship


Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		80.5 %			88.4 %	Slightly faster effective speed. +10%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	87 Pts	90.1 Pts	+4%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	100 Pts	128 Pts	Faster single-core speed. +28%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	201 Pts	249 Pts	Faster dual-core speed. +24%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	398 Pts	466 Pts	Faster quad-core speed. +17%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	718 Pts	770 Pts	Slightly faster octa-core speed. +7%


Memory OC Memory Latency	95.3 Pts		96.5 Pts	+1%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	128 Pts		148 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +16%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	254 Pts		292 Pts	Faster OC dual-core speed. +15%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	502 Pts		558 Pts	Faster OC quad-core speed. +11%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	920 Pts	+3%	892 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.02 %	1.36 %	Insanely higher market share. +6,700%
Value Value For Money	79.9 %	98.7 %	Better value. +23%
User Rating UBM User Rating	56 %	81 %	Much more popular. +45%
Price Price (score)	$285	$186	Much cheaper. +35%


Age Newest	116 Months		78 Months	Much more recent. +33%
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		14 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +36%
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3 GHz		3.7 GHz	Faster base frequency. +23%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.5 GHz		4.7 GHz	Much faster turbo frequency. +34%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	1353 Pts	Faster OC 64-core speed. +18%	1147 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	1075 Pts	Faster 64-core speed. +11%	971 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Haswell-E	Coffee Lake
Socket Motherboard Socket	LGA2011-V3	FCLGA1151
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	UHD 630
Launch Date Launch Date	Q3'14	Q4'17
Cache Cache	20 MB SmartCache	12 MB
Instruction Set Extensions Instruction Set Extensions	SSE4.2, AVX 2.0, AES	SSE4.1/4.2, AVX2
Lithography Lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Recommended Price Recommended Customer Price	$999.00 - $1059.00	N/A
Max Turbo Frequency Max Turbo Frequency	3.5 GHz	4.70 GHz
Bus Speed Bus Speed	0 GT/s	8 GT/s DMI3
Memory Types Memory Types	DDR4 1333/1600/2133	DDR4-2666
Memory Channels Max # of Memory Channels	4	2
Processor Graphics Processor Graphics ‡	None	Intel® UHD Graphics 630
Package Size Package Size	52.5mm x 45.0mm	37.5mm x 37.5mm
vPro Tech Intel® vPro™ Technology ‡	No	Yes
Trusted Execution Tech Intel® Trusted Execution Technology ‡	No	Yes
Max # of PCI Express Lanes Max # of PCI Express Lanes	40	16
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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 i7-8700K is Intel’s latest, top of the range, 8th generation Coffee Lake processor. Like Kaby Lake and Sky Lake before that, Coffee Lake is based on Intel’s 14nm architecture which has been slightly optimized on each iteration. Following AMD’s modus operandi, Intel has upped the cores and threads across the range of their CPUs. In previous generations, a 6-core processor would have been a high-end desk-top (HEDT) processor, however the i7-8700K is the first Intel CPU with 6 cores and 12 threads to be classified (and priced) as a mainstream consumer processor. Specifically, the i7-8700K features a base clock speed of 3.7 GHz which boosts to 4.7 GHz (4.5 GHz for the previous generation i7-7700k), 12MB of smart (L3) cache and 2 channels of DDR4 RAM. The majority of the performance improvements over the 7th generation stem from the higher core count which results in a 50% increase in multi-core speed between the i7-7700k and i7-8700k. A new motherboard will need to be factored into the budget when upgrading to the 8700K as it requires a new Intel Z370 chipset which has supposedly been designed to better deliver power to CPUs with a greater number of cores. Also available in this latest release of CPUs is the 6 core 6 thread i5-8600k which is a more rational option (around $100 cheaper) for the vast majority of users that don’t require hyper-threading. Sandy bridge owners can finally justify an upgrade but with the next iteration of AMD's Zen architecture just around the corner the CPU market will be a lot faster moving now that Intel, once again, has to compete. ^{[Sep '17 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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