IntelBX80601920
AMDYD1200BBAEBOX

4 Cores, 8 Threads @2.66GHz, Nehalem.
Release date: Q3 2008.

4 Cores, 4 Threads @3.1GHz, Zen.
Release date: Q3 2017.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 152,602 user samples
69,074 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 72% Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 46% Base clock 1.6 GHz, turbo 0.95 GHz (avg)
Poor: 46% Great: 72%
SPEED RANK: 556th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 62%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 64%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 46%
Yacht
83,528 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 68% Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 37% Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg)
Poor: 37% Great: 68%
SPEED RANK: 640th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 57%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 63%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 43%
Speed boat
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
61.6 % Slightly faster effective speed.
+8%
57 %
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
84.9 Pts Much lower memory latency.
+31%
64.8 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
64.7 Pts 90.4 Pts Much faster single-core speed.
+40%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
124 Pts 178 Pts Much faster dual-core speed.
+44%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
211 Pts 281 Pts Much faster quad-core speed.
+33%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
298 Pts 302 Pts +1%
Memory
OC Memory Latency
94.7 Pts Lower OC memory latency.
+25%
75.5 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
84.8 Pts 111 Pts Much faster OC single-core speed.
+31%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
161 Pts 219 Pts Much faster OC dual-core speed.
+36%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
279 Pts 362 Pts Faster OC quad-core speed.
+30%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
388 Pts +2% 380 Pts
Market Share
Based on 67,819,788 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.06 % Much higher market share.
+50%
0.04 %
Value
Value For Money
83.9 % Better value.
+11%
75.5 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
54 % 61 % More popular.
+13%
Price
Price (score)
$90 Slightly cheaper.
+10%
$100
Age
Newest
188 Months 81 Months Much more recent.
+57%
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP)
130 Watts 65 Watts Much more energy efficient.
+50%
Cores
CPU Processing Cores
4 cores 4 cores
Threads
CPU Processing Threads
8 threads Hugely higher thread count.
+100%
4 threads
Lithography
Manufacturing process
45 nm 14 nm Much newer manufacturing.
+69%
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed
2.66 GHz 3.1 GHz Faster base frequency.
+17%
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed
2.93 GHz 3.4 GHz Faster turbo frequency.
+16%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
399 Pts +3% 386 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
306 Pts +1% 304 Pts
Series
CPU Architecture
Nehalem Zen
Socket
Motherboard Socket
LGA1366 AM4
Graphics
Integrated Graphics
None None
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