UserBenchmark: Intel Core i7-4960X vs Pentium G4560

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Best Bench: 68% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 39% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)

Poor: 39% Great: 68%

SPEED RANK: 631^st / 1442

Gaming 57%

Gunboat

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

5,121 User Benchmarks

Best Bench: 88% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 70% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 1.65 GHz (avg)

Poor: 70% Great: 88%

SPEED RANK: 257^th / 1442

Gaming 78%

Battleship

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 69%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		57.3 %			78.4 %	Much faster effective speed. +37%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	75.4 Pts	86.2 Pts	Lower memory latency. +14%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	90.6 Pts	98 Pts	Slightly faster single-core speed. +8%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	159 Pts	196 Pts	Faster dual-core speed. +23%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	227 Pts	381 Pts	Much faster quad-core speed. +68%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	239 Pts	619 Pts	Hugely faster octa-core speed. +159%


Memory OC Memory Latency	91.4 Pts	95.2 Pts	+4%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	104 Pts	118 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +13%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	187 Pts	231 Pts	Faster OC dual-core speed. +24%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	275 Pts	450 Pts	Much faster OC quad-core speed. +64%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	279 Pts	728 Pts	Hugely faster OC octa-core speed. +161%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.11 %	Hugely higher market share. +450%	0.02 %
Value Value For Money	105 %	Hugely better value. +100%	52.6 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	67 %	More popular. +29%	52 %
Price Price (score)	$31	Hugely cheaper. +97%	$1,189


Age Newest	87 Months	Much more recent. +31%	127 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	54 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +58%	130 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	2 cores		6 cores	Hugely higher core count. +200%
Threads CPU Processing Threads	4 threads		12 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +200%
Lithography Manufacturing process	14 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +36%	22 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.5 GHz		3.6 GHz	+3%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.5 GHz		4 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +14%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	278 Pts		905 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +226%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	241 Pts		776 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +222%


Series CPU Architecture	Kaby Lake	Ivy Bridge-E
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1151	FCLGA2011
Graphics Integrated Graphics	HD 610	None
Launch Date Launch Date	Q1'17	Q3'13
Cache Cache	3 MB	15 MB SmartCache
Instruction Set Extensions Instruction Set Extensions	SSE4.1/4.2	SSE4.2, AVX, AES
Lithography Lithography	14 nm	22 nm
Recommended Price Recommended Customer Price	$64.00	N/A
Bus Speed Bus Speed	8 GT/s DMI3	5 GT/s DMI2
Memory Types Memory Types	DDR4-2133/2400, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V	DDR3 1333/1600/1866
Memory Channels Max # of Memory Channels	2	4
ECC Memory Supported ECC Memory Supported ‡	Yes	No
Package Size Package Size	37.5mm x 37.5mm	52.5mm x 45.0mm
Max # of PCI Express Lanes Max # of PCI Express Lanes	16	40
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The Intel G4560 is one of the first Pentium processors to feature Hyper-threading. This means that although the G4560 only has two physical processing cores, it is able to process four threads in parallel by sharing resources between the physical cores. This typically results in a 50% performance improvement over two physical cores alone. Comparing performance between the lowest spec Kaby Lake i3 7100 and the Pentium G4560 shows that in terms of both performance and specs, very little separates them (even virtualization technology VT-d is present on the Pentium). The Pentium does lack AVX 2.0 (Advanced Vector Instructions) and it trails the i3 7100 by 400 MHz (10%) but there is no longer a clear divide between Pentiums and Core i3s. Intel have achieved an almost continuous distribution of performance levels for each price point from the cheapest Pentium to the top end i7-7700K. ^{[Jan '17 CPUPro]}

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The Core i7-4960X is Intel's top of the range desktop processor which sports six physical and twelve hyper-threaded cores. The 4960X was released in 2013 but it uses an FCLGA2011 socket which is supported only by the X79 chipset and is now three years old. As a result an investment in this processor forgoes the last three years worth of platform advances which include, amongst other things, on-board USB 3.0 and additional SATA 600 MB/s ports. Comparing the 4960X and the 4930K shows that when overclocked, the 4930K is able to best the extreme 4960X at nearly half the price! Finally comparing the latest Haswell 4770K to the 4960X shows that 4770K is again able to best the 4960X, this time at a small fraction of the price. The 4960X is significantly overpriced and there is far better value available elsewhere. ^{[Mar '14 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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