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AMDZen 4 Hype Train
▲ 8614,940 ▼

8 Cores, 16 Threads @3.6GHz, Coffee Lake.
Release date: Q4 2018.

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▲ 531,015 ▼
  

Release date ≈ Q3 2022.

Effective Speed 
+7%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 354,231 user samples
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Best Bench: 104% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 5.2 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 89% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 1.3 GHz (avg)
Poor: 89% Great: 104%
SPEED RANK: 89th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 98%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 98%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 97%
Nuclear submarine
8 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 121% Base clock 5.4 GHz, turbo 5.35 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 88% Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg)
Poor: 88% Great: 121%
SPEED RANK: 57th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 105%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 107%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 99%
Nuclear submarine
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		97.9 % 105 % Slightly faster effective speed.
+7%
Average Score 
+16%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		93.1 Pts Lower memory latency.
+16% 		80.5 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		142 Pts 186 Pts Much faster single-core speed.
+31%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		281 Pts 366 Pts Much faster dual-core speed.
+30%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		551 Pts 692 Pts Faster quad-core speed.
+26%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		981 Pts 1073 Pts Slightly faster octa-core speed.
+9%
Overclocked Score 
+22%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		97.2 Pts +5% 92.9 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		153 Pts 209 Pts Much faster OC single-core speed.
+37%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		305 Pts 409 Pts Much faster OC dual-core speed.
+34%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		604 Pts 804 Pts Much faster OC quad-core speed.
+33%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		1116 Pts 1234 Pts Faster OC octa-core speed.
+11%
Value & Sentiment 
+∞%
Market Share
Based on 67,774,539 CPUs tested
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		1.31 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞% 		0 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		86 % Much more popular.
+62% 		53 %
Nice To Haves 
+18%
Age
Newest 		66 Months 20+ Months Much more recent.
+70%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		1590 Pts Slightly faster OC 64-core speed.
+8% 		1477 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		1451 Pts Slightly faster 64-core speed.
+9% 		1336 Pts
Conclusion 
Average Bench 97.9%
Average Bench 105%
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The Intel i9-9900K is an 8 core, 16 thread, unlocked 9th generation Coffee Lake processor. It has a base / boost clocks of 3.6 / 4.7 GHz and a single-core boost of 5.0 GHz (the highest frequency achieved yet from this class of Intel CPU). It features 16 MB of cache, a 95W TDP and Intel UHD 630 graphics. The 9900K is compatible with the new Z390 chipset, and subject to a BIOS update, is also compatible with the older Z370 chipset. Aimed at users who do not wish to compromise, the i9-9900K offers the best gaming and desktop experience available at any price. Heavy workstation users should consider the Ryzen 9 3900X which is similarly priced. Comparing the overclocked 3900X shows that it is just 10% worse for gaming and desktop (sub octa-core) but around 40% better for 64-core computations. Gamers should consider the 9700K which offers identical overclocked gaming performance at a $100 USD discount. [Oct '18 CPUPro]

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Within minutes of this unrealistic, pre-release, result appearing on userbenchmark, AMD’s marketing machinery declared a 20% victory over the 12900K whilst simultaneously slandering userbenchmark via hundreds of “news” outlets and thousands of supposedly disinterested twitter, reddit, forum and youtube accounts. Buying new AMD products is like buying used cars: it takes time, experience and a taste for sales hype. It’s difficult for consumers to make rational choices because AMD completely dominates “news” and social media channels. Ten years ago, when AMD was the underdog, this type of marketing was understandable. Today, with a capitalization of $150 Billion USD, it’s disrespectful to AMD's own users. Even with Intel's marketing department permanently asleep at the wheel, If these practices continue, Ryzen may eventually end up in the same state as Radeon. Following a series of overhyped releases, consumers have little interest in the Radeon brand. The combined market share for all AMD’s (discrete) Radeon RX 5000 and 6000 GPUs (Jun ’22 Steam stats) is just 2%. Meanwhile, Nvidia’s RTX 2060 alone accounts for 5%. If Zen 4 actually delivers anywhere near a 57% real-world single core uplift, we will bow down, call AMD king, and commit seppuku! AMD’s new architecture is, once again, optimized to shine in specific benchmarks. Realistically, even if Zen 4 only catches Intel's 12th gen. (Alder Lake) in a handful of real-world scenarios, it will be a big step forward for AMD. A few weeks after Zen 4 (est. Sep 27), Intel’s 13th gen. (Raptor Lake) is scheduled to launch. Smart shoppers will do well to wait until then, before considering a purchase. Despite AMD’s Neanderthal marketing techniques, it’s hard not to admire the speed of their technical progress. AMD-Raptor-4 and Intel-Zen-13 would be better fitting product names. [Jul '22 CPUPro]

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