Laboratory staff at the NICS computer supermarket tested nearly five hundred PC processors to find the most productive one. The test was conducted using five different applications running Windows 7 64-bit. The achievements of each of the samples are expressed as a percentage of the performance of a certain processor, which showed 100% results in each of the applications.
Based on the results, 2013 processor rating by performancefrom which we have selected the top ten for you.
10. Intel Xeon Processor E3-1280V2 (test result - 70%)
One of the two quad-core processors in the 2013 ranking has the following characteristics: frequency 3.6 GHz (up to 4.0 GHz in Turbo Boost), critical temperature 69.1 ° C, power dissipation 69 W, Socket LGA1155, cash L1 - 64 KB x6, cash L2 - 256 KB x6, cash L3 - 8 MB, maximum RAM - 32 GB. Price - 22,000 rubles.
9.Intel Xeon Processor E3-1275V2 (70.8%)
The server processor has 4 cores, frequency 3.5 GHz (Turbo Boost up to 3.9 GHz), critical temperature 69.1 ° C, power dissipation 77 W, Socket LGA1155, cash L1 64 KB x6, cash L2 256 KB x6, cash L3 8 MB, the maximum amount of RAM is 32 GB. Price - 11,000 rubles.
8.Intel Core i7-3770K Processor (70.8%)
The performance of a PC processor is characterized by the following parameters: number of cores - 4, frequency 3.5 GHz (up to 3.9 GHz in Turbo Boost), critical temperature 72.6 ° C, power dissipation 77 W, Socket LGA1155, Cache - Level 1 64 KB x6, Cache Level 2 - 256 KB x6, Level 3 cache - 8 MB, maximum RAM - 32 GB. The price of the most affordable model in 2013 processor performance rating - 10,000 rubles.
7.Intel Core i7-970 Processor (79.8%)
Performance is characterized by the following parameters: number of cores - 6, frequency 3.2 GHz (up to 3.46 GHz in Turbo Boost), Socket LGA1366, critical temperature 67.9 ° C, power dissipation 130 W, cash L1 - 64 KB x6, cash L2 - 256 KB x6 , cash L3 - 12 MB, maximum RAM - 24 GB. Cost - 26,000 rubles.
6.Intel Core i7-980 Processor (84.6%)
Six-core processor clocked at 3.33 GHz (3.6 GHz in Turbo Boost), critical temperature 67.9 ° C, power dissipation 130 W, Socket LGA1366, cash L1 - 64 KB x6, cash L2 - 256 KB x6, cash L3 - 12 MB, maximum RAM - 24 GB. Price - 19,000 rubles.
5.Intel Core i7-980X Processor (Extreme Edition) (84.6%)
The processor has the following performance characteristics: cores - 6, frequency 3.33 GHz (up to 3.6 GHz in Turbo Boost), critical temperature 67.9 ° C, power dissipation 130 W, Socket LGA1366, L1 cache - 64 KB x6, L2 cache - 256 KB x6 , L3 cache - 12 MB, RAM - 24 GB maximum. Price - 27,000 rubles.
4. Intel Core i7-990X Processor (Extreme Edition) (88.6%)
The 2013 processor has the following characteristics: cores - 6, frequency 3.46 GHz (up to 3.73 GHz in Turbo Boost), critical temperature 67.9 ° C, power dissipation 130 W, Socket LGA1366, cash L1 - 64 KB x6, cash L2 - 256 KB x6, cash L3 - 12 MB, RAM - 24 GB maximum. Cost - 30,000 rubles.
3. Intel Core i7-3930K (92.1%)
The processor that closes the top three in the 2013 rating has the following characteristics: cores - 6, frequency 3.2 GHz (in Turbo Boost - up to 3.8 GHz), critical temperature 72.6 ° C, Socket LGA2011, power dissipation 130 W, cash L1 - 64 KB x6 , cash L2 - 256 KB x6, cash L3 - 12 MB, maximum RAM - 64 GB. Cost - 20,000 rubles.
2.Intel Core i7-3960X Processor (Extreme Edition) (97.7%)
PC processor with unlocked multiplier, 6 cores, 3.3 GHz (Turbo Boost up to 3.9 GHz), 72.6 ° C critical temperature, 130 W power dissipation, Socket LGA2011, cash L1 - 64 KB x6, cash L2 - 256 KB x6, cash L3 - 15 MB, maximum RAM - 64 GB. Cost - 30,000 rubles.
1.Intel Core i7-3970X Processor (Extreme Edition) (99.2%)
Leader 2013 processor rating by performance has an unlocked multiplier, number of cores - 6, frequency 3.5 GHz (up to 4.0 GHz in Turbo Boost mode), critical temperature 72.6 ° C, power dissipation 150 W, Socket LGA2011, Cache L1 - 64 KB x6, Cache L2 - 256 KB x6, Cache L3 - 15 MB, maximum RAM - 64 GB. Price - 36,000 rubles.