Intel
IntelBX80684I39350KF
$180
  

28 Cores, 56 Threads @3.10 GHz, 255 W.
Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

 $180 

4 Cores, 4 Threads @4.0GHz, Coffee Lake.
Release date: Q1 2019.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 1,541 user samples
99 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 100% Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 5.1 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 74% Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg)
Poor: 74% Great: 100%
SPEED RANK: 168th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 140%
UFO
1,442 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 100% Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 5.3 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 73% Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Poor: 73% Great: 100%
SPEED RANK: 140th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
86 % 89.3 % +4%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
80.8 Pts 89.1 Pts Lower memory latency.
+10%
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
127 Pts 138 Pts Slightly faster single-core speed.
+9%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
253 Pts 275 Pts Slightly faster dual-core speed.
+9%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
488 Pts 515 Pts Slightly faster quad-core speed.
+6%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
977 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+87%
523 Pts
Memory
OC Memory Latency
95 Pts 96.1 Pts +1%
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
144 Pts 157 Pts Slightly faster OC single-core speed.
+9%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
289 Pts 313 Pts Slightly faster OC dual-core speed.
+8%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
578 Pts 613 Pts Slightly faster OC quad-core speed.
+6%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
1155 Pts Hugely faster OC octa-core speed.
+88%
613 Pts
Market Share
Based on 67,794,119 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0 % 0.01 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
50 % 62 % More popular.
+24%
Age
Newest
59+ Months +5% 62 Months
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
5257 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+765%
608 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
4557 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+768%
525 Pts
Launch Date
Launch Date
Q4'18 Q1'19
Cache
Cache
38.5 MB 8 MB SmartCache
Instruction Set Extensions
Instruction Set Extensions
Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Max Turbo Frequency
Max Turbo Frequency
3.80 GHz 4.60 GHz
Max Memory Size
Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)
512 GB 64 GB
Memory Types
Memory Types
DDR4-2666 DDR4-2400
Memory Channels
Max # of Memory Channels
6 2
Package Size
Package Size
76.0mm x 56.5mm 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Hyper-Threading Tech
Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡
Yes No
TSX-NI
Intel® TSX-NI
Yes No
Trusted Execution Tech
Intel® Trusted Execution Technology ‡
Yes No
Max # of PCI Express Lanes
Max # of PCI Express Lanes
48 16

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