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4 Cores, 8 Threads @2.93 GHz, Bloomfield.
Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

  

4 Cores, 4 Threads @2.5 GHz, Sandy Bridge.
Release date ≈ Q2 2014.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 935 user samples
741 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 73% Base clock 2.55 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 56% Base clock 2.95 GHz, turbo 1.6 GHz (avg)
Poor: 56% Great: 73%
SPEED RANK: 474th / 1467
Gaming
Gaming 67%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 51%
Yacht
194 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 69% Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 53% Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg)
Poor: 53% Great: 69%
SPEED RANK: 543rd / 1467
Gaming
Gaming 64%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 68%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 46%
Yacht
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
67.4 % Slightly faster effective speed.
+5%
63.9 %
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
87.3 Pts +2% 85.6 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
75.3 Pts +1% 74.4 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
146 Pts Slightly faster dual-core speed.
+5%
139 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
266 Pts Slightly faster quad-core speed.
+9%
245 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
342 Pts Much faster octa-core speed.
+36%
252 Pts
Memory
OC Memory Latency
93.4 Pts +2% 91.9 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
80.7 Pts 85.6 Pts Slightly faster OC single-core speed.
+6%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
155 Pts 160 Pts +3%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
310 Pts Faster OC quad-core speed.
+12%
277 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
393 Pts Much faster OC octa-core speed.
+42%
277 Pts
Market Share
Based on 68,974,040 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0 % 0 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
50 % 51 % +2%
Age
Newest
122+ Months +2% 125+ Months
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
394 Pts Much faster OC 64-core speed.
+42%
277 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
346 Pts Much faster 64-core speed.
+37%
253 Pts
Launch Date
Launch Date
Q1'09 Q2'11
Cache
Cache
8 MB SmartCache 6 MB SmartCache
Instruction Set Extensions
Instruction Set Extensions
SSE4.2 SSE4.1/4.2, AVX
Lithography
Lithography
45 nm 32 nm
Recommended Price
Recommended Customer Price
$594.00 N/A
Max Turbo Frequency
Max Turbo Frequency
3.2 GHz 3.3 GHz
Bus Speed
Bus Speed
4.8 GT/s QPI 5 GT/s DMI
Max Memory Size
Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)
24 GB 32 GB
Memory Types
Memory Types
DDR3 800/1066 DDR3 1066/1333
Memory Channels
Max # of Memory Channels
3 2
Memory Bandwidth
Max Memory Bandwidth
25.6 GB/s 21 GB/s
ECC Memory Supported
ECC Memory Supported ‡
Yes No
Package Size
Package Size
42.5mm x 45.0mm 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Monitoring Technologies
Thermal Monitoring Technologies
No Yes
Turbo Boost Tech
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡
1.0 2.0
Hyper-Threading Tech
Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡
Yes No
AES New Instructions
Intel® AES New Instructions
No Yes

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9 Years and its still holding up. 4GHz across all cores 3 100+ fps on any game on high settings :) Once overclocked to 5.4 with liquid nitrogen like 7 years ago now running a few years on stock and now perfectly on 4GHz :3 [Nov '17 GanjaZz]

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