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6 Cores, 12 Threads @4.00 GHz, Coffee Lake.
Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

8 Cores, 8 Threads @3.3GHz, Piledriver.
Release date: Q3 2014.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 43,725 user samples
38,086 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 102% Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 81% Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)
Poor: 81% Great: 102%
SPEED RANK: 153rd / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 91%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 82%
Aircraft carrier
5,639 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 66% Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 53% Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
Poor: 53% Great: 66%
SPEED RANK: 607th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 60%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 62%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 46%
Yacht
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
90.8 % Much faster effective speed.
+52%
59.9 %
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
91.6 Pts Lower memory latency.
+12%
81.7 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
132 Pts Hugely faster single-core speed.
+107%
63.8 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
256 Pts Hugely faster dual-core speed.
+117%
118 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
484 Pts Hugely faster quad-core speed.
+134%
207 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
800 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+141%
332 Pts
Memory
OC Memory Latency
97 Pts Slightly lower OC memory latency.
+6%
91.3 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
153 Pts Hugely faster OC single-core speed.
+102%
75.9 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
304 Pts Hugely faster OC dual-core speed.
+114%
142 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
580 Pts Hugely faster OC quad-core speed.
+131%
251 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
948 Pts Hugely faster OC octa-core speed.
+123%
425 Pts
Market Share
Based on 69,003,181 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.13 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞%
0 %
Value
Value For Money
82.2 % Much better value.
+59%
51.8 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
55 % +4% 53 %
Price
Price (score)
$399 Cheaper.
+15%
$471
Age
Newest
77+ Months Much more recent.
+37%
122 Months
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
1,194 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+180%
426 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
1,008 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+200%
336 Pts

Intel are celebrating the 40th anniversary of their x86 architecture and 8086 processor with the launch of their high-end i7-8086K. Just 50,000 units of this hex core, twelve threaded Coffee Lake processor have been made available globally. Exactly like the i7-8700K, the 8086K features 12MB of smart (L3) cache, 2 channels of DDR4 RAM and has a TDP of 95W. Essentially, the 8086K is Intel’s current Coffee Lake flagship, the i7-8700K, with a single-core turbo frequency factory overclocked by 300 MHz. Thermals permitting, out of the box, the i7-8086K achieves a single core boost speed of 5.0 GHz – which is a new record for Intel. That said, you would be unlucky if you were unable to achieve a 5.0 GHz single core OC with an 8700K. For everything other than single core, the turbo clock speeds on the 8086K exactly match the 8700K which puts the 8086K firmly into gimmick territory. Directly comparing the 8086K and 8700K shows that for a $100 (24%) price premium you get around a 5% performance improvement which drops to around 2% when both chips are overclocked. If the price gap between the 8086K and the 8700K were to fall to less than 20 USD it may be worth considering the 8086K. [Jun '18 CPUPro]

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The FX-8370E is an energy efficient Vishera eight core desktop processor based on AMD’s Piledriver architecture. It was launched in September 2014 and is the energy efficient version of the FX-8370 boasting a lower TDP of 95 Watts versus 125 Watts on the FX-8370. Comparing the 8370E and 8370 shows that the lower TDP comes at a cost: the 8370E scores a relatively lacklustre effective speed of 73 compared to the non-E version which scores 83. The lower score is consistent with the relative clock speeds: 3.3 GHz on the 8370E versus 4.0 GHz on the 8370. Priced the same as the 8370, there is a direct choice between being green or speedy. Or, if you don’t really need the above average multi-threaded performance that the 8370E offers, then you may be better off with the superb single-threaded performance from any number of Intel’s offerings. [Dec '14 CPUPro]

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