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Overall Performance

SysMark 2007, Cinebench, 3DMark, and Passmark Benchmarks

3.5 GHz	Intel Core i7 3970X	3,816.57	$1,080
3.3 GHz	Intel Core i7 3960X	2,704.05	$1,011
2.5 GHz	Intel Core i7 3770T	2,672.35
3.2 GHz	Intel Core i7 3930K	2,601.57	$540
3.46 GHz	Intel Core i7 990X	2,529.21	$1,468

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Gaming

3DMark06 CPU and 3DMark11 Physics Score

3.5 GHz	Intel Core i7 3970X	3,635.68	$1,080
3.2 GHz	Intel Core i7 3930K	3,379.64	$540
3.6 GHz	Intel Core i7 3820	3,370.04	$293
3.3 GHz	Intel Core i7 3960X	2,813.22	$1,011
3.2 GHz	Intel Core i7 970	2,787.57	$650

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Best Value

Performance per Dollar

3.06 GHz	Intel Core i7 950	48.72 pt/$	$35
1.86 GHz	Intel Core2 Duo E6300	21.12 pt/$	$28
2.3 GHz	AMD Phenom X3 8650	19.77 pt/$	$35
2.66 GHz	Intel Core2 Duo E6750	19.63 pt/$	$38
1.6 GHz	AMD Athlon 64 2650e	19.15 pt/$	$13

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Best CPUs Under $300

Best overall benchmark performance

3.6 GHz	Intel Core i7 3820	100	$293
3.4 GHz	Intel Core i7 3770	98	$280
4 GHz	AMD FX 8350	96	$195
3.4 GHz	Intel Core i5 3570K	94	$215
3.5 GHz	AMD FX 8320	86	$165

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Single Thread Performance

Cinebench R10 and Passmark Single Thread Benchmarks

3.5 GHz	Intel Core i7 3970X	2,876.62	$1,080
3.4 GHz	Intel Core i3 3240	2,473.31	$150
3.2 GHz	Intel Pentium G2130	2,431.15
3.5 GHz	Intel Core i7 3770K	2,212.08	$320
3.4 GHz	Intel Core i5 3570K	2,121	$215

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Overclocking

Highest Overclocking Speeds

3.8 GHz	Intel Pentium 4 672	5.74 GHz
3.33 GHz	Intel Celeron D 355	5.27 GHz
3.4 GHz	Intel Core i7 2600K	5.11 GHz	$299
3.5 GHz	Intel Core i7 2700K	5.06 GHz	$330
3.4 GHz	Intel Core i5 2550K	5.06 GHz	$220

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Overall Performance

SysMark 2007, Cinebench, 3DMark, and Passmark Benchmarks

2.7 GHz	Intel Xeon E5-2680	2,483.53	$1,700
2.93 GHz	Intel Xeon X5670	1,873.39	$1,470
3.6 GHz	AMD FX 4100	1,215.07	$98
2.4 GHz	Intel Xeon X3220	960
2.5 GHz	AMD Opteron 1381	889.65

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Power Performance

Overall Performance/Watt Usage

2.2 GHz	AMD Opteron 148	113.45 pt/W
2.93 GHz	Intel Xeon X5670	19.72 pt/W	$1,470
2.7 GHz	Intel Xeon E5-2680	19.1 pt/W	$1,700
2.5 GHz	AMD Opteron 1381	11.86 pt/W
2.66 GHz	Intel Xeon 3070	10.72 pt/W

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Performance per Dollar

3.6 GHz	AMD FX 4100	12.4 pt/$	$98
2.4 GHz	Intel Xeon X3220	4.75 pt/$
2.4 GHz	AMD Opteron 180	2.97 pt/$	$180
2.13 GHz	Intel Xeon 3050	2.94 pt/$
1.86 GHz	Intel Xeon 3040	2.38 pt/$

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Multi-Thread Performance

Cinebench R10 and Passmark Multi-core Benchmarks

2.7 GHz	Intel Xeon E5-2680	3,363.39	$1,700
2.93 GHz	Intel Xeon X5670	2,504.13	$1,470
2.4 GHz	Intel Xeon X3220	1,085.16
3.6 GHz	AMD FX 4100	1,052.9	$98
2.5 GHz	AMD Opteron 1381	1,011.11

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Recent and upcoming processors

1.8 GHz	Intel Xeon E3-1230L v3	A few weeks from now
3.6 GHz	Intel Xeon E3-1285 v3	A few weeks from now
3.1 GHz	Intel Xeon E3-1285L v3	A few weeks from now
2.5 GHz	Intel Xeon E3-1265L v3	A few weeks from now
1.6 GHz	Intel Atom S1240	6 months ago

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Overall Performance

SysMark 2007, Cinebench, 3DMark, and Passmark Benchmarks

2.8 GHz	Intel Core i7 3840QM	2,116.78
3 GHz	Intel Core i7 3940XM	2,114.46
2.9 GHz	Intel Core i7 3920XM	2,098.31
2.7 GHz	Intel Core i7 3740QM	2,070.75
2.7 GHz	Intel Core i7 3820QM	2,059.7

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Power Performance

Laptop CPUs with the best Performance Per Watt

1.8 GHz	Intel Atom Z2760	114.59 pt/W
2 GHz	Intel Core i7 3667U	64.14 pt/W
1.9 GHz	Intel Core i7 3517U	63.13 pt/W
1.6 GHz	Intel Atom Z530	60.96 pt/W
2 GHz	Intel Atom Z550	60.4 pt/W

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Latest

Recent and upcoming processors

1 GHz	AMD A6 1450	7 months from now
1.9 GHz	Intel Celeron 1005M	5 months from now
2.3 GHz	Intel Core i7 4850HQ	5 months from now
1.7 GHz	Intel Core i7 4650U	5 months from now
2.4 GHz	Intel Core i7 4950HQ	5 months from now

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Lowest Power Consumption

Peak and Idle Power Consumption

0.8 GHz	Intel Atom Z500	0.53W
0.3 GHz	Intel Pentium II 300PE	0.81W
1.2 GHz	Intel Atom Z600	1.06W
1.2 GHz	Intel Atom Z515	1.14W
1 GHz	Intel Atom Z605	1.63W

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Latest

Recent and upcoming processors

1.9 GHz	Qualcomm Snapdragon 600	2 months ago
1.5 GHz	Intel Celeron 927UE	5 months ago
2.2 GHz	Intel Celeron 1020E	5 months ago
1.4 GHz	Intel Celeron 1047UE	5 months ago
1.7 GHz	Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro (APQ8064)	8 months ago

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CPU Performance

Geekbench Score

2.1 GHz	Intel Core i7 2710QE	7,286
1.9 GHz	Nvidia Tegra 4	4,148
1.9 GHz	Qualcomm Snapdragon 600	3,163
2.2 GHz	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+	2,666	$120
1.7 GHz	Samsung Exynos 5 Dual	2,433

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GPU Performance

GLBenchmark Egypt (Offscreen)

1.7 GHz	Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro (APQ8064)	132 fps
1.9 GHz	Nvidia Tegra 4	93.7 fps
1.6 GHz	Samsung Exynos 4 Quad (4412)	93.5 fps
1.6 GHz	Nvidia Tegra 3 (T33)	76 fps
1 GHz	Apple A5 (APL0498)	73 fps

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Browser Performance

BrowserMark Benchmark

1.4 GHz	Apple A6X (APL5598)	200,333
1.3 GHz	Apple A6 (APL0598)	191,158
1.6 GHz	Samsung Exynos 4 Quad (4412)	172,237
1.7 GHz	Samsung Exynos 5 Dual	139,561
1.8 GHz	Texas Instruments OMAP 4 (4470)	131,592

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1.4 GHz	Intel Core i5 4350U
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1.7 GHz	Intel Core i7 4650U
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1.1 GHz	Intel Xeon Phi 3120A
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1.1 GHz	Intel Xeon Phi 3120P
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1.05 GHz	Intel Xeon Phi 5120D
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Announcements

1 GHz	Intel Celeron 1019Y
	3 months ago
1.2 GHz	Samsung Exynos 5 Octa
	5 months ago
2.3 GHz	Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
	5 months ago
1.9 GHz	Nvidia Tegra 4
	5 months ago
2 GHz	Samsung Exynos 5 Quad
	6 months ago

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Releases

3 GHz	AMD A4 4000
	Last week
4.2 GHz	AMD FX 4350
	A month ago
1.9 GHz	Qualcomm Snapdragon 600
	2 months ago
2.3 GHz	AMD A10 4657M
	3 months ago
1.9 GHz	AMD A8 4557M
	3 months ago

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Intel Core i3 3220

from $120
- 3.3 GHz
- Dual core
super CPU fast plays all the games well BF 3 - and BF 2 Dirt 3.
by kenneth-green (Dec, 2012)

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AMD FX 8350

from $195
- 4 GHz
- Octa core
- Unlocked
At idle, the difference between the FX-8350 and Core i5-3550 isn't that large; the Intel chip draws 58W while the AMD CPU draws 74W.
by PCMag (Nov, 2012)

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Intel Core i5 3570K

from $215
- 3.4 GHz
- Quad core
- Unlocked
Overclocking is a key competence for the Core i5 3570K and we're pleased to note it's another near-5GHz chip.
by Tech Radar (Apr, 2012)

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Intel Core i7 3770K

from $320
- 3.5 GHz
- Quad core
- Unlocked
Benchmark Results: A quick look at the single core CPU benchmark revealed that the Core i7-3770K had the highest single core performance of any processor benchmarked!
by Legit Reviews (Apr, 2012)

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Intel Core i5 3210M

msrp $225
- 2.5 GHz
- Dual core
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Multi-Thread Performance

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Latest

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