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6 Cores, 12 Threads @3.46 GHz, Westmere EP.
Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

  

4 Cores, 8 Threads @2.5 GHz, Ivy Bridge.
Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 5,486 user samples
4,873 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 85% Base clock 4.6 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 64% Base clock 3.45 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
Poor: 64% Great: 85%
SPEED RANK: 327th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
613 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 78% Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 59% Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 0.7 GHz (avg)
Poor: 59% Great: 78%
SPEED RANK: 420th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 55%
Yacht
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
74.7 % Slightly faster effective speed.
+7%
70 %
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
87.9 Pts +2% 86.3 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
87.7 Pts 90.7 Pts +3%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
174 Pts +1% 173 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
334 Pts Faster quad-core speed.
+14%
294 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
518 Pts Faster octa-core speed.
+25%
414 Pts
Memory
OC Memory Latency
95.5 Pts +2% 93.9 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
105 Pts +2% 103 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
210 Pts +5% 200 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
413 Pts Faster OC quad-core speed.
+19%
346 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
637 Pts Much faster OC octa-core speed.
+31%
485 Pts
Market Share
Based on 69,000,564 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.03 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞%
0 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
55 % Slightly more popular.
+10%
50 %
Age
Newest
120+ Months Slightly more recent.
+8%
131+ Months
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
762 Pts Much faster OC 64-core speed.
+56%
487 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
618 Pts Much faster 64-core speed.
+47%
421 Pts
Launch Date
Launch Date
Q1'11 Q2'12
Cache
Cache
12 MB SmartCache 8 MB SmartCache
Instruction Set Extensions
Instruction Set Extensions
SSE4.2 SSE4.1/4.2, AVX
Lithography
Lithography
32 nm 22 nm
Recommended Price
Recommended Customer Price
$1663.00 - $1666.00 $294.00
Max Turbo Frequency
Max Turbo Frequency
3.73 GHz 3.7 GHz
Bus Speed
Bus Speed
6.4 GT/s QPI 5 GT/s DMI
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
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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