Intel
Intel
  

6 Cores, 12 Threads @2.6 GHz, Ivy Bridge EP.
Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

  

4 Cores, 4 Threads @2 GHz, Haswell.
Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 7,917 user samples
1,838 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 72% Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 59% Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)
Poor: 59% Great: 72%
SPEED RANK: 455th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 67%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 67%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 56%
Gunboat
6,079 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 68% Base clock 2 GHz
Worst Bench: 42% Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg)
Poor: 42% Great: 68%
SPEED RANK: 573rd / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 60%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 64%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 44%
Speed boat
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
67.2 % Faster effective speed.
+11%
60.5 %
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
80.5 Pts +5% 76.8 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
72.4 Pts 74.2 Pts +2%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
147 Pts +4% 142 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
292 Pts Faster quad-core speed.
+14%
256 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
465 Pts Much faster octa-core speed.
+77%
262 Pts
Memory
OC Memory Latency
87.7 Pts +0% 87.3 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
82.1 Pts 83.9 Pts +2%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
164 Pts +4% 158 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
322 Pts Slightly faster OC quad-core speed.
+9%
295 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
519 Pts Much faster OC octa-core speed.
+76%
295 Pts
Market Share
Based on 67,767,430 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.02 % 0.02 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
51 % 51 %
Age
Newest
116+ Months 116+ Months
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
613 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+108%
295 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
575 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+119%
263 Pts
Launch Date
Launch Date
Q3'13 Q2'14
Cache
Cache
15 MB SmartCache 6 MB SmartCache
Instruction Set Extensions
Instruction Set Extensions
AVX SSE4.1/4.2, AVX 2.0
Recommended Price
Recommended Customer Price
$612.00 - $616.00 $192.00
Max Turbo Frequency
Max Turbo Frequency
3.1 GHz 3 GHz
Bus Speed
Bus Speed
7.2 GT/s QPI 5 GT/s DMI2
Scalability
Scalability
2S Only 1S Only
Max Memory Size
Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)
768 GB 32 GB
Memory Types
Memory Types
DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600 DDR3-1333/1600, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.5V
Memory Channels
Max # of Memory Channels
4 2
Memory Bandwidth
Max Memory Bandwidth
51.2 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Supported
ECC Memory Supported ‡
Yes No
Package Size
Package Size
52.5mm x 45mm 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Max CPU Configuration
Max CPU Configuration
2 1
Hyper-Threading Tech
Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡
Yes No
Identity Protection Tech
Intel® Identity Protection Technology ‡
No Yes
PCI Express Revision
PCI Express Revision
3.0 Up to 3.0
PCI Express Configurations
PCI Express Configurations ‡
x4, x8, x16 Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Max # of PCI Express Lanes
Max # of PCI Express Lanes
40 16

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