Intel
IntelBX80648I75930K
  

6 Cores, 12 Threads @2.5 GHz, Sandy Bridge EP.
Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

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

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 34,118 user samples
79 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 63% Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 28% Base clock 2.5 GHz
Poor: 28% Great: 63%
SPEED RANK: 854th / 1452
Gaming
Gaming 48%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 50%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 39%
Jet ski
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: 249th / 1452
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battleship
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
48.2 % 79.8 % Much faster effective speed.
+66%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
59 Pts 87.2 Pts Much lower memory latency.
+48%
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
53.3 Pts 103 Pts Hugely faster single-core speed.
+93%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
117 Pts 205 Pts Much faster dual-core speed.
+75%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
211 Pts 391 Pts Hugely faster quad-core speed.
+85%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
295 Pts 642 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+118%
Memory
OC Memory Latency
78 Pts 94.8 Pts Lower OC memory latency.
+22%
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
75.4 Pts 126 Pts Much faster OC single-core speed.
+67%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
151 Pts 248 Pts Much faster OC dual-core speed.
+64%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
297 Pts 483 Pts Much faster OC quad-core speed.
+63%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
582 Pts 780 Pts Much faster OC octa-core speed.
+34%
Market Share
Based on 68,075,370 CPUs tested
User Rating
UBM User Rating
50 % 58 % More popular.
+16%
Age
Newest
116+ Months +2% 118 Months
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
911 Pts 983 Pts Slightly faster OC 64-core speed.
+8%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
340 Pts 814 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+139%
Launch Date
Launch Date
Q1'12 Q3'14
Instruction Set Extensions
Instruction Set Extensions
AVX SSE4.2, AVX 2.0, AES
Lithography
Lithography
32 nm 22 nm
Recommended Price
Recommended Customer Price
$885.00 - $889.00 $583.00 - $594.00
Max Turbo Frequency
Max Turbo Frequency
3 GHz 3.7 GHz
Bus Speed
Bus Speed
7.2 GT/s QPI 0 GT/s
Scalability
Scalability
2S Only 1S Only
Max Memory Size
Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)
384 GB 64 GB
Memory Types
Memory Types
DDR3 800/1066/1333 DDR4 1333/1600/2133
Memory Bandwidth
Max Memory Bandwidth
42.6 GB/s 68 GB/s
ECC Memory Supported
ECC Memory Supported ‡
Yes No
Max CPU Configuration
Max CPU Configuration
2 1
Turbo Boost Tech
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡
1.0 2.0
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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