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2 Cores, @3.16 GHz, Wolfdale.
Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

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8 Cores, 16 Threads @3.0GHz, Haswell-E.
Release date: Q3 2014.

Effective Speed 
+92%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 34,309 user samples
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18,841 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 48% Base clock 3.15 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 28% Base clock 3.15 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg)
Poor: 28% Great: 48%
SPEED RANK: 1035th / 1464
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 48%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 28%
Raft
15,468 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 94% Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 70% Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg)
Poor: 70% Great: 94%
SPEED RANK: 243rd / 1464
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		41.9 % 80.5 % Hugely faster effective speed.
+92%
Average Score 
+275%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		69.5 Pts 87 Pts Lower memory latency.
+25%
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		45.2 Pts 100 Pts Hugely faster single-core speed.
+121%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		83.3 Pts 201 Pts Hugely faster dual-core speed.
+141%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		85.2 Pts 398 Pts Hugely faster quad-core speed.
+367%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		87.5 Pts 718 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+721%
Overclocked Score 
+306%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		80 Pts 95.3 Pts Lower OC memory latency.
+19%
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		51.2 Pts 128 Pts Hugely faster OC single-core speed.
+150%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		101 Pts 254 Pts Hugely faster OC dual-core speed.
+151%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		101 Pts 502 Pts Hugely faster OC quad-core speed.
+397%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		101 Pts 920 Pts Hugely faster OC octa-core speed.
+811%
Value & Sentiment 
+58%
Market Share
Based on 68,801,312 CPUs tested
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.01 % 0.03 % Hugely higher market share.
+200%
Value
Value For Money 		54 % 90.1 % Much better value.
+67%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		53 % 56 % Slightly more popular.
+6%
Price
Price (score) 		$110 Much cheaper.
+40% 		$184
Nice To Haves 
+790%
Age
Newest 		130+ Months 122 Months Slightly more recent.
+6%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		102 Pts 1353 Pts Insanely faster OC 64-core speed.
+1,226%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		86.8 Pts 1075 Pts Insanely faster 64-core speed.
+1,138%
Specifications 
Launch Date
Launch Date 		Q1'08 Q3'14
Cache
Cache 		6 MB L2 20 MB SmartCache
Lithography
Lithography 		45 nm 22 nm
Recommended Price
Recommended Customer Price 		$200.00 $999.00 - $1059.00
Bus Speed
Bus Speed 		1333 MHz FSB 0 GT/s
Package Size
Package Size 		37.5mm x 37.5mm 52.5mm x 45.0mm
Turbo Boost Tech
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡ 		No 2.0
Hyper-Threading Tech
Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡ 		No Yes
AES New Instructions
Intel® AES New Instructions 		No Yes
Trusted Execution Tech
Intel® Trusted Execution Technology ‡ 		Yes No

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Conclusion 
Average Bench 41.9%
Average Bench 80.5%

Beast processor during its time, when single core performance was king, but also software support, starting with Windows itself, was a major factor, it's crazy because all the benches at the time showed the e8500 beating the Phenom II 965 in gaming( the reason I was building a system) at the time, especially when it came to OC. Crazy what the benches are now, if you have Phenom II now with a mobo that works it may be useful (but they aren't very power efficient) but I burnt my mobo out overclocking so the point of what either processor could do 5 much less 10 years later is pretty moot. [Feb '21 qnytech1]

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The Intel 5960X sports eight cores and sixteen threads. That's two more cores than we have ever seen on a consumer processor before and as such this $1,000 processor offers record breaking multi-threaded CPU horsepower. Unfortunately the 5960X is clocked at just 3 GHz base and 3.5 GHz turbo which, for single and dual-core workloads, renders it around 15% slower than a $69 G3258 on stock clocks! The 5960X is only compatible with Intel's new X99 chipset which requires new DDR4 RAM and is currently far more expensive, with little consumer benefit, than DDR3. All in all the i7-5960X processor is largely irrelevant for consumers as it's far far too expensive. [Sep '14 CPUPro]

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