Intel Core i7 5930K vs 5820K

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Intel Core i7 5930K

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CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the 5930K vs the 5820K.

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Intel Core i7 5820K

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CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the 5820K vs the 5930K.

CompuBench 1.5 (Face detection)

Core i7 5930K

7.26 mPixels/s

Core i7 5820K

6.74 mPixels/s

CompuBench 1.5 (Video composition) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i7 5930K

-1 fps

Core i7 5820K

3.71 fps

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 5930K

20,902

Core i7 5820K

19,546

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 5930K

3,669

Core i7 5820K

3,412

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 5930K

4,300,000 MB/s

Core i7 5820K

4,050,000 MB/s

GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 5930K

21,223

Core i7 5820K

20,764

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Core i7 5930K

13,647

Core i7 5820K

12,995

PassMark (Single Core)

Core i7 5930K

2,095

Core i7 5820K

2,017

summary	Core i7 5930K	5820K
Clock speed	3.5 GHz	3.3 GHz
Turbo clock speed	3.7 GHz	3.6 GHz
Cores	Hexa core	Hexa core
Is unlocked	Yes	Yes
features
Has a NX bit	Yes	Yes
Supports trusted computing	No	No
Has virtualization support	Yes	Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE2
MMX
SSE4
AVX
SSE3
SSE
SSE4.2
Supplemental SSE3
AES
AVX 2.0
Supports dynamic frequency scaling	Yes	Yes
power consumption
TDP	140W	140W
Annual home energy cost	33.73 $/year	33.73 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost	122.64 $/year	122.64 $/year
Performance per watt	11.39 pt/W	10.79 pt/W
Typical power consumption	113.75W	113.75W
bus
Architecture	QPI	QPI
Number of links	0	0
Transfer rate	0 MT/s	0 MT/s
Clock speed	0 MHz	0 MHz

details	Core i7 5930K	5820K
Architecture	x86-64	x86-64
Threads	12	12
L3 cache	15 MB	15 MB
L3 cache per core	2.5 MB/core	2.5 MB/core
Manufacture process	22 nm	22 nm
Max CPUs	1	1
overclocking
Overclocked clock speed	4.77 GHz	4.34 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	4.45 GHz	4.51 GHz
PassMark (Overclocked)	7,634.4	5,572.2
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	4.77 GHz	4.34 GHz
integrated graphics
GPU	None	None
Label	N/A	N/A
Latest DirectX	N/A	N/A
Number of displays supported	N/A	N/A
GPU clock speed	N/A	N/A
Turbo clock speed	N/A	N/A
3DMark06	N/A	N/A
memory controller
Memory controller	Built-in	Built-in
Memory type
DDR
DDR4-1333
DDR4-1600
DDR4-2133
Channels	Quad Channel	Quad Channel
Supports ECC	No	No
Maximum memory size	65,536 MB	65,536 MB

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Andrew Murphy (10:39 PM, December 2, 2015)

both 2 way and 3 way sli comparing 16x16 or 8x8 is literally no difference at all, even for 3way sli it results in 1-2 fps is test that are achiving over 150+. Only 500+ tests of this with the highest end gpus so the only reason for the 5930k is 4way sli or 3 way sli and you have components that use more then 4 pci lanes which is very uncommon for most users.

John Sanderson (10:26 PM, November 25, 2015)

Hello see comment top (new to board so it should have appeared here)

John Sanderson (10:23 PM, November 25, 2015)

My motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-X99-UD4P with 4 x16 slots for GPUs With 40 PCI lane CPU all 4 are useable x16, x16 for 2 GPU x16, x16, x8 for 3 GPU x8, x8, x16, x8 for 4 GPU For 28 PCI lane only 3 max useable x16, x8 for 2 GPU x8, x8, x8 for 3 GPU So for 2 or more GPU better performance. If only one GPU then save money with 5820. Gigabyte site gives 3 or 4 GPU PCI setups shown in diagrams for 5960, 5930

Guest (03:46 PM, November 19, 2015)

Do you think it gives that much better in performance for sli? The price difference is about 200 dollars now.

John Sanderson (07:29 PM, July 28, 2015)

From the review it looks like the 5930 vs 5820 have similar performance but 5930 is 100 GBP more expensive. Main difference, that may justify 5930's price (and made it my choice) is number of PCIe lanes supported (40 vs 28).

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