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

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Effective Speed 
+28%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 361,294 user samples
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354,223 User Benchmarks
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: 90th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 98%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 98%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 97%
Nuclear submarine
7,071 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 87% Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 65% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 0.55 GHz (avg)
Poor: 65% Great: 87%
SPEED RANK: 288th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		97.9 % Faster effective speed.
+28% 		76.3 %
Average Score 
+24%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		93.1 Pts Much lower memory latency.
+37% 		68.2 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		142 Pts Faster single-core speed.
+18% 		120 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		281 Pts Faster dual-core speed.
+20% 		235 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		551 Pts Faster quad-core speed.
+22% 		452 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		981 Pts Faster octa-core speed.
+25% 		782 Pts
Overclocked Score 
+19%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		97.2 Pts Lower OC memory latency.
+16% 		83.8 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		153 Pts Faster OC single-core speed.
+20% 		128 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		305 Pts Faster OC dual-core speed.
+20% 		254 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		604 Pts Faster OC quad-core speed.
+21% 		500 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		1116 Pts Faster OC octa-core speed.
+18% 		947 Pts
Value & Sentiment 
+∞%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		1.35 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞% 		0 %
Value
Value For Money 		88 % 98.4 % Better value.
+12%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		86 % Much more popular.
+43% 		60 %
Price
Price (score) 		$410 $110 Much cheaper.
+73%
Nice To Haves 
+19%
Age
Newest 		66 Months More recent.
+16% 		79+ Months
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		1590 Pts Faster OC 64-core speed.
+21% 		1315 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		1451 Pts Faster 64-core speed.
+21% 		1200 Pts
Conclusion 
Average Bench 97.9%
Average Bench 76.3%
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