Intel
Intel
  

4 Cores, 8 Threads @2.7 GHz, Skylake.
Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

  

4 Cores, 8 Threads @2.5 GHz, Haswell.
Release date ≈ Q2 2014.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 103,456 user samples
33,920 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 70% Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 33% Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 0.65 GHz (avg)
Poor: 33% Great: 70%
SPEED RANK: 581st / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 60%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 63%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 48%
Yacht
69,536 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 70% Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 31% Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 0.6 GHz (avg)
Poor: 31% Great: 70%
SPEED RANK: 614th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 58%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 61%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 46%
Yacht
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
60.1 % +4% 57.9 %
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
71 Pts +1% 70 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
79.5 Pts +1% 78.9 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
152 Pts +3% 148 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
268 Pts Slightly faster quad-core speed.
+8%
249 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
400 Pts Slightly faster octa-core speed.
+10%
365 Pts
Memory
OC Memory Latency
83 Pts 84.4 Pts +2%
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
93.9 Pts 94.1 Pts +0%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
182 Pts 183 Pts +1%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
319 Pts 319 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
495 Pts +4% 474 Pts
Market Share
Based on 67,713,863 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.08 % Hugely higher market share.
+300%
0.02 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
53 % 54 % +2%
Age
Newest
100+ Months More recent.
+15%
117+ Months
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
496 Pts +4% 476 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
410 Pts Faster 64-core speed.
+10%
372 Pts
Launch Date
Launch Date
Q3'15 Q2'14
Cache
Cache
8 MB SmartCache 6 MB SmartCache
Lithography
Lithography
14 nm 22 nm
Max Turbo Frequency
Max Turbo Frequency
3.6 GHz 3.5 GHz
Bus Speed
Bus Speed
8 GT/s DMI3 5 GT/s DMI2
Max Memory Size
Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)
64 GB 32 GB
Memory Types
Memory Types
DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600 DDR3L 1333/1600
Memory Bandwidth
Max Memory Bandwidth
34.1 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
Processor Graphics
Processor Graphics ‡
Intel® HD Graphics 530 Intel® HD Graphics 4600
Graphics Base Frequency
Graphics Base Frequency
350 MHz 400 MHz
Graphics Output
Graphics Output
eDP/DP/HDMI/DVI eDP/DP/HDMI/VGA
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency
1.05 GHz 1.2 GHz
Graphics Video Max Memory
Graphics Video Max Memory
64 GB 2 GB
Package Size
Package Size
42mm x 28mm 37.5mm x 32mm x 1.6mm
TSX-NI
Intel® TSX-NI
Yes No
vPro Tech
Intel® vPro™ Technology ‡
Yes No
Trusted Execution Tech
Intel® Trusted Execution Technology ‡
Yes No
PCI Express Revision
PCI Express Revision
3.0 3
PCI Express Configurations
PCI Express Configurations ‡
Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4 1x16, 2x8, 1x8 2x4

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