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4 Cores, 8 Threads @3.06 GHz, Westmere EP.
Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

4 Cores, 8 Threads @2.5 GHz, Haswell.
Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 994 user samples
365 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 76% Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 64% Base clock 3.05 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
Poor: 64% Great: 76%
SPEED RANK: 405th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 54%
Yacht
629 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 79% Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 58% Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)
Poor: 58% Great: 79%
SPEED RANK: 415th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 56%
Gunboat
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
70.8 % +1% 70.3 %
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
90.5 Pts Slightly lower memory latency.
+8%
84 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
79.8 Pts 96.3 Pts Faster single-core speed.
+21%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
158 Pts 183 Pts Faster dual-core speed.
+16%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
286 Pts 308 Pts Slightly faster quad-core speed.
+8%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
362 Pts 452 Pts Faster octa-core speed.
+25%
Memory
OC Memory Latency
94.4 Pts 94.7 Pts +0%
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
86.7 Pts 110 Pts Faster OC single-core speed.
+27%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
172 Pts 212 Pts Faster OC dual-core speed.
+23%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
335 Pts 362 Pts Slightly faster OC quad-core speed.
+8%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
422 Pts 493 Pts Faster OC octa-core speed.
+17%
Market Share
Based on 69,001,646 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.
+9%
129+ Months
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
423 Pts 494 Pts Faster OC 64-core speed.
+17%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
364 Pts 458 Pts Faster 64-core speed.
+26%
Launch Date
Launch Date
Q1'10 Q2'13
Cache
Cache
12 MB SmartCache 8 MB SmartCache
Instruction Set Extensions
Instruction Set Extensions
SSE4.2 SSE4.1/4.2, AVX 2.0
Lithography
Lithography
32 nm 22 nm
Recommended Price
Recommended Customer Price
$1440.00 $303.00
Max Turbo Frequency
Max Turbo Frequency
3.46 GHz 3.7 GHz
Bus Speed
Bus Speed
6.4 GT/s QPI 5 GT/s DMI2
Max Memory Size
Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)
288 GB 32 GB
Memory Types
Memory Types
DDR3 800/1066/1333 DDR3-1333/1600, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.5V
Memory Channels
Max # of Memory Channels
3 2
Memory Bandwidth
Max Memory Bandwidth
32 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Supported
ECC Memory Supported ‡
Yes No
Package Size
Package Size
42.5mm X 45mm 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Max CPU Configuration
Max CPU Configuration
2 1
Thermal Monitoring Technologies
Thermal Monitoring Technologies
No Yes
Turbo Boost Tech
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡
1.0 2.0

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