Intel
IntelBX80648I75930K

6 Cores, 12 Threads @3.5 GHz, Ivy Bridge EP.
Release date ≤ Q2 2014.

6 Cores, 12 Threads @3.5GHz, Haswell-E.
Release date: Q3 2014.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 44,960 user samples
10,921 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 85% Base clock 3.5 GHz
Worst Bench: 67% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg)
Poor: 67% Great: 85%
SPEED RANK: 291st / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
34,039 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 91% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 70% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 1.35 GHz (avg)
Poor: 70% Great: 91%
SPEED RANK: 241st / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battleship
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
76 % 79.8 % Slightly faster effective speed.
+5%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
84.8 Pts 87.2 Pts +3%
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
93.4 Pts 103 Pts Faster single-core speed.
+10%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
188 Pts 205 Pts Slightly faster dual-core speed.
+9%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
363 Pts 391 Pts Slightly faster quad-core speed.
+8%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
584 Pts 642 Pts Slightly faster octa-core speed.
+10%
Memory
OC Memory Latency
93.9 Pts 94.8 Pts +1%
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
110 Pts 126 Pts Faster OC single-core speed.
+15%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
220 Pts 248 Pts Faster OC dual-core speed.
+13%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
436 Pts 483 Pts Faster OC quad-core speed.
+11%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
691 Pts 780 Pts Faster OC octa-core speed.
+13%
Market Share
Based on 67,784,885 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.04 % 0.05 % Higher market share.
+25%
Value
Value For Money
60.6 % 117 % Hugely better value.
+93%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
54 % 58 % Slightly more popular.
+7%
Price
Price (score)
$635 $70 Hugely cheaper.
+89%
Age
Newest
120+ Months 116 Months +3%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
862 Pts 983 Pts Faster OC 64-core speed.
+14%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
732 Pts 814 Pts Faster 64-core speed.
+11%
Launch Date
Launch Date
Q3'13 Q3'14
Cache
Cache
12 MB SmartCache 15 MB SmartCache
Instruction Set Extensions
Instruction Set Extensions
AVX SSE4.2, AVX 2.0, AES
Recommended Price
Recommended Customer Price
$583.00 $583.00 - $594.00
Max Turbo Frequency
Max Turbo Frequency
3.9 GHz 3.7 GHz
Bus Speed
Bus Speed
0 GT/s QPI 0 GT/s
Max Memory Size
Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)
256 GB 64 GB
Memory Types
Memory Types
DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600/1866 DDR4 1333/1600/2133
Memory Bandwidth
Max Memory Bandwidth
59.7 GB/s 68 GB/s
ECC Memory Supported
ECC Memory Supported ‡
Yes No
Package Size
Package Size
52.5mm x 45.0 mm 52.5mm x 45.0mm
Demand Based Switching
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Yes No
vPro Tech
Intel® vPro™ Technology ‡
Yes No
Identity Protection Tech
Intel® Identity Protection Technology ‡
No Yes
Trusted Execution Tech
Intel® Trusted Execution Technology ‡
Yes No

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The Intel 5930K is Intel's new middle tier Haswell-E prosumer CPU. This model has base/turbo clocks of 3.5/3.7 GHz and sports 6 physical cores with 12 hyperthreads. The 5930K offers enormous processing throughput but like its Haswell-E siblings it lacks in single and dual-core speed. Comparing the 5930K and 4790K shows that the 4790K offers nearly 20% more single and dual core throughput and is priced nearly 40% lower than the 5930K. The 5930K does win hands down on multi-core workloads but these are not generally relevant to consumers. Finally since the Haswell-E architecture is coupled with the X99 chipset it requires far more expensive DDR4 RAM with offers little upside over DDR3. [Sep '14 CPUPro]

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