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4 Cores, 4 Threads @1.6 GHz, Braswell.
Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

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

Effective Speed 
+67%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 31,526 user samples
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Best Bench: 33% Base clock 1.6 GHz, turbo 2.55 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 13% Base clock 1.6 GHz, turbo 2.55 GHz (avg)
Poor: 13% Great: 33%
SPEED RANK: 1408th / 1452
Gaming
Gaming 25%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 26%
Raft
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard
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: 1023rd / 1452
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 48%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 28%
Raft
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		25.1 % 41.9 % Much faster effective speed.
+67%
Average Score 
+61%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		36.8 Pts 69.5 Pts Hugely lower memory latency.
+89%
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		22 Pts 45.2 Pts Hugely faster single-core speed.
+105%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		43.6 Pts 83.3 Pts Hugely faster dual-core speed.
+91%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		78.2 Pts 85.2 Pts Slightly faster quad-core speed.
+9%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		80.4 Pts 87.5 Pts Slightly faster octa-core speed.
+9%
Overclocked Score 
+58%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		51.3 Pts 80 Pts Much lower OC memory latency.
+56%
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		24 Pts 51.2 Pts Hugely faster OC single-core speed.
+113%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		48 Pts 101 Pts Hugely faster OC dual-core speed.
+110%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		95.6 Pts 101 Pts Slightly faster OC quad-core speed.
+6%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		95.7 Pts 101 Pts Slightly faster OC octa-core speed.
+6%
Value & Sentiment 
+4%
Market Share
Based on 68,051,894 CPUs tested
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.01 % 0.01 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		50 % 54 % Slightly more popular.
+8%
Nice To Haves 
+3%
Age
Newest 		96+ Months More recent.
+24% 		126+ Months
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		95.1 Pts 102 Pts Slightly faster OC 64-core speed.
+7%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		80.5 Pts 86.8 Pts Slightly faster 64-core speed.
+8%
Specifications 
Launch Date
Launch Date 		Q1'16 Q1'08
Cache
Cache 		2 MB L2 6 MB L2
Embedded Options Available
Embedded Options Available 		Yes No
Lithography
Lithography 		14 nm 45 nm
Recommended Price
Recommended Customer Price 		N/A $200.00
Package Size
Package Size 		25mm x 27mm 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Virtualization for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) ‡ 		No Yes
AES New Instructions
Intel® AES New Instructions 		Yes No
Trusted Execution Tech
Intel® Trusted Execution Technology ‡ 		No Yes

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Conclusion 
Average Bench 25.1%
Average Bench 41.9%
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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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