W3550 vs i7: Intel Core i7-6700K vs Xeon W3550

Intel Core i7-6700K vs Xeon W3550

UserBenchmark: Intel Core i7-6700K vs Xeon W3550

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Real World Speed

Performance profile from 551,469 user samples

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7,480 User Benchmarks

Best Bench: 73% Base clock 3.05 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 57% Base clock 3.05 GHz, turbo 1.6 GHz (avg)

Poor: 57%

Great: 73%

SPEED RANK: 435th / 1368

Gaming 66%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 50%

Yacht

543,989 User Benchmarks

Best Bench: 91% Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4. 6 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 72% Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)

Poor: 72%

Great: 91%

SPEED RANK: 166th / 1368

Gaming 82%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 68%

Battle cruiser

Effective Speed

Effective CPU Speed
66.4 % 81.8 % Faster effective speed.
+23%
Memory

Avg. Memory Latency
84.4 Pts 88.7 Pts Slightly lower memory latency.
+5%
1-Core

Avg. Single Core Speed
77.5 Pts 121 Pts Much faster single-core speed.
+56%
2-Core

Avg. Dual Core Speed
150 Pts 228 Pts Much faster dual-core speed.
+52%
4-Core

Avg. Quad Core Speed
273 Pts 405 Pts Much faster quad-core speed.
+48%
8-Core

Avg. Octa Core Speed
331 Pts 623 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+88%
Memory

OC Memory Latency
92. 6 Pts 96.3 Pts +4%
1-Core

OC Single Core Speed
83.1 Pts 137 Pts Much faster OC single-core speed.
+65%
2-Core

OC Dual Core Speed
160 Pts 264 Pts Much faster OC dual-core speed.
+65%
4-Core

OC Quad Core Speed
320 Pts 468 Pts Much faster OC quad-core speed.
+46%
8-Core

OC Octa Core Speed
397 Pts 728 Pts Hugely faster OC octa-core speed.
+83%

Market Share

Based on 56,378,846 CPUs tested.

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Market Share

Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.01 % 1.11 % Insanely higher market share.
+11,000%
User Rating

UBM User Rating
51 % 78 % Much more popular.
+53%
Age

Newest
105+ Months 87 Months More recent.
+17%
64-Core

OC Multi Core Speed
398 Pts 734 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+84%
64-Core

Avg. Multi Core Speed
334 Pts 635 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+90%
Launch Date

Launch Date
Q3’09 Q3’15
Instruction Set Extensions

Instruction Set Extensions
SSE4.2 SSE4.1/4.2, AVX 2.0
Lithography

Lithography
45 nm 14 nm
Recommended Price

Recommended Customer Price
$305.00 $339. 00 — $350.00
Max Turbo Frequency

Max Turbo Frequency
3.33 GHz 4.2 GHz
Bus Speed

Bus Speed
4.8 GT/s QPI 8 GT/s DMI3
QPI Links

# of QPI Links
1 0
Max Memory Size

Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)
24 GB 64 GB
Memory Types

Memory Types
DDR3 800/1066 DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V
Memory Channels

Max # of Memory Channels
3 2
Memory Bandwidth

Max Memory Bandwidth
25. 6 GB/s 34.1 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
AES New Instructions

Intel® AES New Instructions
No Yes
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Intel Core i7-7700 vs Xeon W3550

UserBenchmark: Intel Core i7-7700 vs Xeon W3550

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BX80677I77700

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Real World Speed

Performance profile from 253,426 user samples

Benchmark your CPU here

7,480 User Benchmarks

Best Bench: 73% Base clock 3. 05 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 57% Base clock 3.05 GHz, turbo 1.6 GHz (avg)

Poor: 57%

Great: 73%

SPEED RANK: 435th / 1368

Gaming 66%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 50%

Yacht

245,946 User Benchmarks

Best Bench: 85% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 69% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 1.4 GHz (avg)

Poor: 69%

Great: 85%

SPEED RANK: 204th / 1368

Gaming 78%

Battleship

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 65%

Battle cruiser

Effective Speed

Effective CPU Speed
66. 4 % 78.3 % Faster effective speed.
+18%
Memory

Avg. Memory Latency
84.4 Pts 85.3 Pts +1%
1-Core

Avg. Single Core Speed
77.5 Pts 113 Pts Much faster single-core speed.
+46%
2-Core

Avg. Dual Core Speed
150 Pts 214 Pts Much faster dual-core speed.
+43%
4-Core

Avg. Quad Core Speed
273 Pts 385 Pts Much faster quad-core speed.
+41%
8-Core

Avg. Octa Core Speed
331 Pts 593 Pts Much faster octa-core speed.
+79%
Memory

OC Memory Latency
92.6 Pts 93.3 Pts +1%
1-Core

OC Single Core Speed
83.1 Pts 124 Pts Much faster OC single-core speed.
+49%
2-Core

OC Dual Core Speed
160 Pts 241 Pts Much faster OC dual-core speed.
+51%
4-Core

OC Quad Core Speed
320 Pts 432 Pts Much faster OC quad-core speed.
+35%
8-Core

OC Octa Core Speed
397 Pts 662 Pts Much faster OC octa-core speed.
+67%

Market Share

Based on 56,378,846 CPUs tested.

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Market Share

Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.01 % 0.75 % Insanely higher market share.
+7,400%
User Rating

UBM User Rating
51 % 58 % More popular.
+14%
Age

Newest
105+ Months 70 Months Much more recent.
+33%
64-Core

OC Multi Core Speed
398 Pts 666 Pts Much faster OC 64-core speed.
+67%
64-Core

Avg. Multi Core Speed
334 Pts 606 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+81%
Launch Date

Launch Date
Q3’09 Q1’17
Cache

Cache
8 MB SmartCache 8 MB
Instruction Set Extensions

Instruction Set Extensions
SSE4.2 SSE4. 1/4.2, AVX 2.0
Lithography

Lithography
45 nm 14 nm
Recommended Price

Recommended Customer Price
$305.00 $303.00 — $312.00
Max Turbo Frequency

Max Turbo Frequency
3.33 GHz 4.20 GHz
Bus Speed

Bus Speed
4.8 GT/s QPI 8 GT/s DMI3
QPI Links

# of QPI Links
1 0
Max Memory Size

Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)
24 GB 64 GB
Memory Types

Memory Types
DDR3 800/1066 DDR4-2133/2400, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1. 35V
Memory Channels

Max # of Memory Channels
3 2
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
AES New Instructions

Intel® AES New Instructions
No Yes
Trusted Execution Tech

Intel® Trusted Execution Technology ‡
No Yes
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  • Best user rated — User sentiment trumps benchmarks for this comparison.
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  • Fastest real world speed — Real World Speed measures performance for typical consumers.

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Welcome to our freeware PC speed test tool. UserBenchmark will test your PC and compare the results to other users with the same components. You can quickly size up your PC, identify hardware problems and explore the best upgrades.

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How it works
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  • — CPU tests include: integer, floating and string.
  • — GPU tests include: six 3D game simulations.
  • — Drive tests include: read, write, sustained write and mixed IO.