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

8 Cores, 16 Threads @3.6GHz, Zen.
Release date: Q1 2017.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 68,136 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
30,050 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 82% Base clock 3.95 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 58% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 0.55 GHz (avg)
Poor: 58% Great: 82%
SPEED RANK: 382nd / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battleship
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
90.8 % Faster effective speed.
+27%
71.8 %
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
91.6 Pts Much lower memory latency.
+30%
70.2 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
132 Pts Faster single-core speed.
+23%
107 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
256 Pts Faster dual-core speed.
+23%
208 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
484 Pts Faster quad-core speed.
+23%
394 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
800 Pts Faster octa-core speed.
+17%
686 Pts
Memory
OC Memory Latency
97 Pts Lower OC memory latency.
+20%
80.5 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
153 Pts Faster OC single-core speed.
+28%
120 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
304 Pts Faster OC dual-core speed.
+27%
239 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
580 Pts Faster OC quad-core speed.
+24%
469 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
948 Pts Faster OC octa-core speed.
+12%
846 Pts
Market Share
Based on 68,999,368 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.19 % Hugely higher market share.
+533%
0.03 %
Value
Value For Money
82.2 % Slightly better value.
+9%
75.2 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
55 % 66 % More popular.
+20%
Price
Price (score)
$399 $235 Much cheaper.
+41%
Age
Newest
77+ Months More recent.
+16%
92 Months
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
1,194 Pts 1,238 Pts +4%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
1,008 Pts 1,065 Pts Slightly faster 64-core speed.
+6%

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 Ryzen 7 1800X is AMD's flagship Ryzen CPU. Clocked at 3.6 GHz with a turbo frequency of 4.0 GHz (stock) this chip offers a staggering level of multi-core performance. Comparing the 1800X with the Intel i7-6850K shows that the 1800X delivers 25% more multi-core throughput than its more expensive counterpart. Historically AMD's CPU architecture has had a much lower IPC than Intel's and consequently Intel have dominated the CPU market since 2009. Comparing IPC between Intel's Kaby Lake and Ryzen shows a maximum gap of just 9%. A very welcome shake-up of the CPU market will unfold as the remaining Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 3 models are rolled out. For now the 1800X offers workstation users similar processing power to a $1,000 i7-6900K at half the price. [Mar '17 CPUPro]

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