Intel
Intel
  

4 Cores, @2.33 GHz, Harpertown.
Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

2 Cores, 2 Threads.
Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 19,209 user samples
605 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 50% Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 35% Base clock 2.35 GHz, turbo 1.95 GHz (avg)
Poor: 35% Great: 50%
SPEED RANK: 972nd / 1452
Gaming
Gaming 44%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 45%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 30%
Sail boat
18,604 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 43% Base clock 1.6 GHz
Worst Bench: 22% Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg)
Poor: 22% Great: 43%
SPEED RANK: 1172nd / 1452
Gaming
Gaming 36%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 41%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 24%
Surfboard
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
43.8 % Faster effective speed.
+22%
35.9 %
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
66.6 Pts Lower memory latency.
+10%
60.4 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
32.9 Pts 36.6 Pts Faster single-core speed.
+11%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
65.3 Pts 68.3 Pts +5%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
123 Pts Much faster quad-core speed.
+77%
69.3 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
125 Pts Much faster octa-core speed.
+78%
70.3 Pts
Memory
OC Memory Latency
77.8 Pts Slightly lower OC memory latency.
+8%
72.3 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
37.7 Pts 42.2 Pts Faster OC single-core speed.
+12%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
75.1 Pts 83.6 Pts Faster OC dual-core speed.
+11%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
148 Pts Much faster OC quad-core speed.
+77%
83.4 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
147 Pts Much faster OC octa-core speed.
+76%
83.4 Pts
Market Share
Based on 68,065,399 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0 % 0 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
50 % 51 % +2%
Age
Newest
117+ Months Slightly more recent.
+7%
126+ Months
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
150 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+81%
82.9 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
127 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+81%
70.2 Pts
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The CPU itself is INCREDIBLY slow and awful to run pretty much anything with. However, it does have one thing definitely going for it. Despite me having used it pretty much 24/7 for the past 7 years, and the SFF Optiplex 760 it's on, having only been cleaned 3-4 times in its' whole life, because I didn't know how to clean a PC until fairly recently. Yet the E5300 STILL runs after all these years, and only begun getting any noticeably slower in the past year or so. This kind of reliability is far more than what I can say for Intel's high end CPUs from just the past year. Because half a year ago I finally managed to get a new computer to replace my Optiplex. And so far I've somehow lost TWO CPUs in a row. First the original i5-11400f I had bought, and then the i5-11500 I bought as a replacement. [Feb '22 5555]

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