Intel Core i7-4930K Price, Specs & Reviews | TimeToPick

Intel Core i7-4930K Price, Specs & Reviews | TimeToPick

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About This Product

The Intel Core i7-4930K is a 6-core, 12-thread Ivy Bridge-E desktop processor with a base clock of 3.4 GHz and a boost clock of 3.9 GHz. It offers solid multi-threaded performance for its age, suitable for productivity tasks and light content creation. For gaming, it can still handle 1080p at moderate frame rates when paired with a capable GPU, but newer architectures offer significantly better single-core performance.

Best for: Budget Productivity

Pros

6 cores, 12 threads for multitasking
Unlocked multiplier for overclocking
Affordable for its core count
Suitable for productivity workloads

Cons

High power consumption (130W TDP)
Outdated single-core performance
Requires older X79 platform

Performance Benchmarks

Cross-source performance, value, and efficiency at a glance

Scores are grouped by benchmark family so it is easy to compare raw speed, threaded output, and real-world value without mixing scales.

Cinebench R23Cinebench 2024PassMark

Render Workloads

Cinebench R23

Single-Core

85737%

Multi-Core

6,56915%

Next-Gen Scale

Cinebench 2024

Single-Core

00%

Multi-Core

00%

Large Sample Pool

PassMark

Overall

9,37814%

Single-Thread

70%

PassMark rank: #1,667

Value & Efficiency

How much output you get per watt and per dollar

These derived metrics use Cinebench R23 multi-core performance to keep the value calculation consistent across the catalog.

Performance per Watt

50.5 pts/W

Performance per Dollar

67.0 pts/$

Popular Comparisons

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Ryzen 3 3300X

Closest Rival

vs AMD Ryzen 3 3300X

Multi-core 6,754 · $88

"32% slower single-core, 3% slower multi-core, similar price"

Upgrade Verdict

This would be a sidegrade at best, and likely a downgrade for multi-threaded tasks. While the Ryzen 3 3300X has better single-core performance and is more power-efficient, the i7-4930K offers more cores and threads, which is still valuable. Given the platform change cost, it's not worth it.

Compatible Motherboards (0)

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Compatible RAM (3722)

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Mushkin Blackline 16 GB

2x8GBDDR3-1600

N/A

Mushkin Blackline 16 GB

2x8GBDDR3-2400

N/A

Mushkin Blackline 16 GB

2x8GBDDR3-2400

N/A

Mushkin Blackline 16 GB

2x8GBDDR3-2133

N/A

Compatible CPU Coolers (0)

No compatible CPU coolers are in our catalog yet for this socket.

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