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Best Bench: 100% Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 77% Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 1.25 GHz (avg)

Poor: 77% Great: 100%

SPEED RANK: 164^th / 1442

Gaming 87%

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Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

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Best Bench: 112% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 86% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg)

Poor: 86% Great: 112%

SPEED RANK: 86^th / 1442

Gaming 98%

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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 97%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		86.8 %			98.1 %	Faster effective speed. +13%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	88.2 Pts	Slightly lower memory latency. +7%	82.4 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	114 Pts		165 Pts	Much faster single-core speed. +45%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	228 Pts		323 Pts	Much faster dual-core speed. +42%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	458 Pts		610 Pts	Much faster quad-core speed. +33%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	884 Pts		1044 Pts	Faster octa-core speed. +18%


Memory OC Memory Latency	95.9 Pts	+2%	94.3 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	142 Pts		179 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +26%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	283 Pts		358 Pts	Faster OC dual-core speed. +27%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	565 Pts		705 Pts	Faster OC quad-core speed. +25%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	1118 Pts		1258 Pts	Faster OC octa-core speed. +13%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.02 %	0.95 %	Insanely higher market share. +4,650%
Value Value For Money	73.9 %	107 %	Much better value. +45%
User Rating UBM User Rating	62 %	89 %	Much more popular. +44%
Price Price (score)	$499	$200	Much cheaper. +60%


Age Newest	94 Months		41 Months	Much more recent. +56%
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watts		105 Watts	More energy efficient. +25%
Cores CPU Processing Cores	10 cores	Higher core count. +25%	8 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	20 threads	Higher thread count. +25%	16 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	14 nm		7 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +50%
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3 GHz		3.8 GHz	Faster base frequency. +27%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4 GHz		4.7 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +17%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	1799 Pts	Faster OC 64-core speed. +12%	1600 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	1470 Pts	+2%	1438 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Broadwell-E	Zen3
Socket Motherboard Socket	LGA2011-V3	AM4
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	None

The Core i7-6950X is Intel’s new top of the range prosumer CPU. This flagship model has a whopping ten cores with base and turbo frequencies of 3.0 and 4.0 GHz respectively. The 6950X is based on the 14 nm Broadwell-E architecture. It has a TDP of 140 watts, 40 PCIe 3.0 lanes and no integrated graphics. Because of its ridiculously high MSRP of around $2,000, this CPU only makes sense for very niche use cases which could include top end graphics design or video production workstations. Comparing the 6950X and 6700K shows that for typical desktop use the 6950X only offers a gain of around 20% for a whopping 6 fold price increase. This is because desktop computing largely depends on single core performance and the Skylake i7-6700K is both clocked higher and has higher IPC due to its one generation lead over the 6950X. That said, if you want the most powerful desktop processor money can buy, then the 6950X hits the spot. ^{[Jun '16 CPUPro]}

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The Ryzen 7 5800X is one of four new processors from AMD’s latest range of Zen 3 CPUs. The new architecture is more power efficient than Zen 2 and also yields significant performance improvements. All four new CPUs have the ‘X’ nomenclature, indicating that they are tuned to their maximum clock speeds out-of-box. The 5800X has 8 cores and 16 threads with base/boost clock speeds of 3.8/4.7 GHz, 36 MB of cache and a 105W TDP. At $449 USD, the 5800X is relatively expensive, but it still offers far better value than the 5900X. A 500 series motherboard is recommended but the new Zen 3 CPUs will work with most 400 series motherboard following a BIOS update (expected in Q1 2021). At AMD’s launch presentation, they said they finally had the best CPUs for gaming. Our benchmarks show that the 5800X is comparable to Intel’s $175 USD 11400F. Gamers that do not wish to pay “marketing fees” can invest those savings in a better GPU which will produce an unquestionably faster gaming PC. ^{[Nov '20 CPUPro]}

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