Intel
Intel
  

Release date ≈ Q2 2014.

4 Cores, @3 GHz, Yorkfield.
Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 17,241 user samples
522 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 65% Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 48% Base clock 3.35 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Poor: 48% Great: 65%
SPEED RANK: 643rd / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 57%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 59%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 40%
Jet ski
16,719 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 58% Base clock 4.05 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 39% Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg)
Poor: 39% Great: 58%
SPEED RANK: 775th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 51%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 53%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
56.8 % Faster effective speed.
+12%
50.7 %
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
82.1 Pts Lower memory latency.
+14%
72.1 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
48.2 Pts +4% 46.2 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
96.2 Pts +4% 92.3 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
184 Pts Slightly faster quad-core speed.
+7%
172 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
185 Pts Slightly faster octa-core speed.
+6%
175 Pts
Memory
OC Memory Latency
92.3 Pts Lower OC memory latency.
+14%
80.9 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
57.6 Pts 58 Pts +1%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
119 Pts +3% 115 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
228 Pts +1% 226 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
228 Pts +1% 226 Pts
Market Share
Based on 67,716,938 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0 % 0.05 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
52 % 54 % +4%
Age
Newest
118+ Months +5% 124+ Months
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
231 Pts +3% 224 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
187 Pts Slightly faster 64-core speed.
+6%
176 Pts
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