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Best Bench: 61% Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 23% Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)

Poor: 23% Great: 61%

SPEED RANK: 892^nd / 1468

Gaming 47%

Yacht

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

147,533 User Benchmarks

Best Bench: 83% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 56% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 27,195,430 GHz (avg)

Poor: 56% Great: 83%

SPEED RANK: 410^th / 1468

Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 55%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		47.5 %			70.6 %	Much faster effective speed. +49%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	69.3 Pts	87 Pts	Lower memory latency. +26%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	85.3 Pts	91.8 Pts	Slightly faster single-core speed. +8%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	143 Pts	173 Pts	Faster dual-core speed. +21%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	150 Pts	295 Pts	Hugely faster quad-core speed. +97%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	154 Pts	424 Pts	Hugely faster octa-core speed. +175%


Memory OC Memory Latency	90.3 Pts	96 Pts	Slightly lower OC memory latency. +6%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	103 Pts	116 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +13%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	206 Pts	226 Pts	Slightly faster OC dual-core speed. +10%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	205 Pts	384 Pts	Hugely faster OC quad-core speed. +87%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	205 Pts	549 Pts	Hugely faster OC octa-core speed. +168%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.04 %		0.17 %	Hugely higher market share. +325%
Value Value For Money	66.2 %		67.9 %	+3%
User Rating UBM User Rating	53 %		76 %	Much more popular. +43%
Price Price (score)	$83	Much cheaper. +74%	$319


Age Newest	109 Months	Much more recent. +34%	166 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	47 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +51%	95 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	2 cores		4 cores	Hugely higher core count. +100%
Threads CPU Processing Threads	2 threads		8 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +300%
Lithography Manufacturing process	14 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +56%	32 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.3 GHz		3.4 GHz	+3%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.3 GHz		3.8 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +15%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	205 Pts		558 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +172%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	152 Pts		437 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +188%


Series CPU Architecture	Skylake	Sandy Bridge
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1151	LGA1155
Graphics Integrated Graphics	HD 510	HD 3000
Launch Date Launch Date	Q3'15	Q1'11
Cache Cache	3 MB SmartCache	8 MB SmartCache
Instruction Set Extensions Instruction Set Extensions	SSE4.1/4.2	SSE4.1/4.2, AVX
Embedded Options Available Embedded Options Available	Yes	No
Lithography Lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Recommended Price Recommended Customer Price	$64.00	N/A
Bus Speed Bus Speed	8 GT/s DMI3	5 GT/s DMI
Max Memory Size Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)	64 GB	32 GB
Memory Types Memory Types	DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V	DDR3 1066/1333
Memory Bandwidth Max Memory Bandwidth	34.1 GB/s	21 GB/s
ECC Memory Supported ECC Memory Supported ‡	Yes	No
Processor Graphics Processor Graphics ‡	Intel® HD Graphics 510	Intel® HD Graphics 3000
Graphics Base Frequency Graphics Base Frequency	350 MHz	850 MHz
Wireless Display Intel® Wireless Display	Yes	No
# of Displays Supported # of Displays Supported ‡	3	2
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency	1 GHz	1.35 GHz
Turbo Boost Tech Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡	No	2.0
Hyper-Threading Tech Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡	No	Yes
Virtualization for Directed I/O (VT-d) Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) ‡	Yes	No
PCI Express Revision PCI Express Revision	3.0	2.0
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The i7-2600K Sandy Bridge processor is two generations old and nearly three years out of date. The numerous owners of this superb processor should feel in no hurry to upgrade as it's still one of the fastest consumer processors, even by today's standards. The benchmark figures indicate that in terms of real-world performance this processor is only 5% slower than the third generation Ivy Bridge i7-3770K, not bad considering its age. That said new buyers will find both better energy efficiency and marginal performance improvements elsewhere. ^{[Feb '12 CPUPro]}

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