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▲ 5117 ▼

4 Cores, 8 Threads @3.2 GHz, Bloomfield.
Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

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▲ 52100 ▼
  

4 Cores, 4 Threads @2.9 GHz, Haswell.
Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

Effective Speed 
+7%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 12,543 user samples
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1,602 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 76% Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 62% Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 1.55 GHz (avg)
Poor: 62% Great: 76%
SPEED RANK: 387th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 54%
Yacht
10,941 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 73% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 54% Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
Poor: 54% Great: 73%
SPEED RANK: 477th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 66%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 49%
Yacht
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		70.7 % Slightly faster effective speed.
+7% 		66.1 %
Average Score 
+2%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		92.5 Pts Lower memory latency.
+14% 		80.8 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		77.7 Pts 85.9 Pts Faster single-core speed.
+11%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		150 Pts 165 Pts Slightly faster dual-core speed.
+10%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		268 Pts 298 Pts Faster quad-core speed.
+11%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		387 Pts Faster octa-core speed.
+27% 		304 Pts
Overclocked Score 
+3%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		97 Pts Slightly lower OC memory latency.
+6% 		91.2 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		87.9 Pts 95.4 Pts Slightly faster OC single-core speed.
+9%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		172 Pts 181 Pts Slightly faster OC dual-core speed.
+5%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		316 Pts 341 Pts Slightly faster OC quad-core speed.
+8%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		441 Pts Faster OC octa-core speed.
+29% 		341 Pts
Value & Sentiment 
+∞%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0 % 0.03 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		51 % 52 % +2%
Nice To Haves 
+17%
Age
Newest 		122+ Months 115+ Months Slightly more recent.
+6%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		441 Pts Faster OC 64-core speed.
+29% 		341 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		390 Pts Faster 64-core speed.
+28% 		305 Pts
Specifications 
Launch Date
Launch Date 		Q4'08 Q2'14
Cache
Cache 		8 MB SmartCache 6 MB SmartCache
Instruction Set Extensions
Instruction Set Extensions 		SSE4.2 SSE4.1/4.2, AVX 2.0
Lithography
Lithography 		45 nm 22 nm
Recommended Price
Recommended Customer Price 		$990.00 $182.00
Max Turbo Frequency
Max Turbo Frequency 		3.46 GHz 3.4 GHz
Bus Speed
Bus Speed 		6.4 GT/s QPI 5 GT/s DMI2
Max Memory Size
Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type) 		24 GB 32 GB
Memory Types
Memory Types 		DDR3 800/1066 DDR3-1333/1600, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.5V
Memory Channels
Max # of Memory Channels 		3 2
Package Size
Package Size 		42.5mm x 45.0mm 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Monitoring Technologies
Thermal Monitoring Technologies 		No Yes
Turbo Boost Tech
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡ 		1.0 2.0
Hyper-Threading Tech
Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡ 		Yes No
AES New Instructions
Intel® AES New Instructions 		No Yes

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