Employees of the NIKS Computer Supermarket Laboratory tested nearly five hundred PC processors in order to find the most productive. The test was conducted using five different applications running Windows 7 64-bit. Achievements of each of the samples are expressed as a percentage of the performance of a processor, which showed 100% result in each of the applications.
According to the results was compiled 2013 processor rating by performance, from which we have selected for you the top ten.
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 (in Turbo Boost up to 3.9 GHz), critical temperature 69.1 ° C, power dissipation 77 W, socket Socket LGA1155, cash L1 64 Kb x6, cash L2 256 Kb x6, cash L3 8 Mb, maximum memory capacity is 32 GB. Price - 11 000 rubles.
8. Intel Core i7-3770K Processor (70.8%)
The processor PC performance 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 - 1 level 64 Kb x6, cache 2 levels - 256 KB x6, Level 3 cache - 8 MB, maximum RAM - 32 GB. The price of the most affordable model in 2013 performance rating of processors - 10 000 rub.
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%)
The six-core processor has a frequency of 3.33 GHz (3.6 GHz in Turbo Boost), a critical temperature of 67.9 ° C, power dissipation of 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 - a maximum of 24 GB. 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 - a maximum of 24 GB. Cost - 30,000 rubles.
3. Intel Core i7-3930K (92.1%)
The processor closing the three leaders of 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%)
A processor for a PC with an unlocked multiplier, the number of cores is 6, and the frequency is 3.3 GHz (in Turbo Boost - up to 3.9 GHz), the critical temperature is 72.6 ° C, power dissipation is 130 W, socket LGA2011, cash L1 is 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 It has an unlocked multiplier, the number of cores is 6, the frequency is 3.5 GHz (up to 4.0 GHz in Turbo Boost mode), the critical temperature is 72.6 ° C, power dissipation is 150 W, socket LGA2011, Cache L1 is 64 Kb x6, Cache L2 is 256 KB x6, Cache L3 - 15 MB, the maximum amount of RAM - 64 GB. Price - 36 000 rubles.