{"id":19245,"date":"2022-08-19T15:12:26","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T13:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/g100.us\/?p=19245"},"modified":"2023-11-04T10:53:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T09:53:19","slug":"single-core-performance-cpu-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/g100.us\/single-core-performance-cpu-list\/","title":{"rendered":"CPUs with the highest Single-Core Performance [Updated List]"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Processor's single-core performance is one, if not the<\/em> most important indicator of how your CPU will perform in many workloads.<\/p>\n

The problem: Single-core performance is neither a specification that you'll find on a CPU's spec sheet nor is it something that can be deducted from other specifications like Clock Speed, Cache Size, or Number of Cores.<\/strong><\/p>\n

You'll have to look up actual benchmarks that come as close as possible to the workload you're planning to run.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, there are quite a few benchmarks that you can download for free to test your CPU's single core performance: Cinebench<\/a>, Geekbench<\/a>, Rendering Benchmarks (that are based on actual 3D Software & render engines) like Blender Bench<\/a> or V-Ray Bench<\/a>, to name a few.<\/p>\n

The most popular certainly is Cinebench, in its current version R23, and we've tested a lot of CPUs with it<\/a> over the years.<\/p>\n

So, compiled for ease of use, the resulting Cinebench R23 single-core<\/em> performance scores<\/strong> can be found below.<\/p>\n

Be sure to also check out our List of CPUs with the highest multi<\/em>-core performance<\/a> to find out if you need this as well.<\/p>\n

<\/span>CPUs with the highest Single-Core Performance<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u25ae<\/span> = AMD | \u25ae<\/span> = Intel | \u25ae<\/span> = Apple
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CPU Name<\/th>Single Score<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Intel Core i9 14900K<\/td>2358<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Core i9 13900KS<\/td>2317<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Core i9 13900K<\/td>2275<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Core i7 14700K<\/td>2228<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Core i7 13700K<\/td>2117<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Core i5 14600K<\/td>2097<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Core i9 12900KS<\/td>2082<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X<\/td>2059<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D<\/td>2043<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D<\/td>2039<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X<\/td>2034<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Core i5 13600K<\/td>2021<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Core i9 12900K<\/td>2003<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Core i9 12900<\/td>1988<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Core i9 12900F<\/td>1988<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X<\/td>1969<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X<\/td>1951<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Core i7 12700K<\/td>1939<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Threadripper PRO 7995WX<\/td>1927<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Core i5 12600K<\/td>1918<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D<\/td>1811<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apple M2<\/td>1701<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X<\/td>1684<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Core i9 11900K<\/td>1671<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X<\/td>1670<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Core i5 12400<\/td>1647<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X<\/td>1596<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Core i7 11700K<\/td>1595<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X<\/td>1593<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apple M1 Ultra<\/td>1570<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Core i5 11600K<\/td>1564<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apple M1 Max<\/td>1555<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apple M1 Pro<\/td>1543<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS<\/td>1538<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G<\/td>1535<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apple M1<\/td>1528<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Threadripper PRO 5965WX<\/td>1498<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D<\/td>1491<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Threadripper PRO 5975WX<\/td>1475<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Ryzen 5 5600<\/td>1472<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Core i9 10900K<\/td>1415<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X<\/td>1406<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Threadripper Pro 3955WX<\/td>1401<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Ryzen 5 5500<\/td>1372<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Core i9 10850K<\/td>1367<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT<\/td>1355<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT<\/td>1354<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X<\/td>1346<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X<\/td>1345<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Core i7 10700K<\/td>1345<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Core i9 9900K<\/td>1343<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT<\/td>1330<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X<\/td>1323<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X<\/td>1312<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Threadripper 3970X<\/td>1308<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Threadripper 3960X<\/td>1307<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X<\/td>1299<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Core i7 9700K<\/td>1285<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Threadripper 3990X<\/td>1262<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Ryzen 5 3600<\/td>1245<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Threadripper Pro 3975WX<\/td>1244<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Threadripper PRO 3995WX<\/td>1231<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Threadripper PRO 3995WX<\/td>1231<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Core i5 9600K<\/td>1187<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Core i9 9900X<\/td>1182<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Core i9 10900X<\/td>1145<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Threadripper 2950X<\/td>1135<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Core i9 9980XE<\/td>1114<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Xeon W-3175X<\/td>1112<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Xeon W-3275<\/td>1107<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Ryzen 3 3100<\/td>1105<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X<\/td>1102<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X<\/td>1094<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Core i9 9960X<\/td>1075<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Core i9 9920X<\/td>1067<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Core i9 10980XE<\/td>1063<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Threadripper 1920X<\/td>1054<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Threadripper 1950X<\/td>1027<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Threadripper 1900X<\/td>1005<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Threadripper 2990WX<\/td>1005<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Epyc 7702P<\/td>993<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
CPU Name<\/th>Single Score<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n\n<\/div>\n

<\/span>What is single core performance?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Two decades ago, a typical CPU had just one<\/strong> <\/em>Core, but as technology progressed, manufacturers like AMD and Intel<\/a>, found ways to pack multiple cores onto a Processor.<\/p>\n

The benefits are apparent: Two Cores can run two tasks simultaneously, 4 Cores can run 4 tasks, and 64 Cores can run 64 tasks at the same time.<\/p>\n

So, nowadays, when we talk about single-core performance, we mean the performance of a modern multi-core CPU's singular<\/em> core<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The other side of the coin to single-core performance would be multi<\/strong><\/em>-core performance, which would measure the performance of all<\/strong> <\/em>of a CPU's cores.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Why is single-core performance important?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Remember how I said that today's CPUs all had more than one core?<\/p>\n

Well, the problem with this is that not all tasks or Software\/Applications can be parallelized or run on multiple cores.<\/p>\n

You see, Software has to be programmed in a specific way to use multiple cores. Some applications just haven't been developed this way yet, others can't<\/em> <\/strong>be developed this way. The reason is that not all tasks can be parallelized.<\/p>\n

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  1. Think of this example: The PC is tasked to simulate a ball that is bouncing down a 20-step stairwell. Such a task can't easily be parallelized<\/strong> because there aren't any independent subtasks that could be split up and worked on by each core individually. You can't assign 5 stair-steps to each core of a 4-core CPU, because the entire simulation depends on what happened before<\/strong>. So a single<\/em> core will have to progressively step through the entire task until it is completed.<\/li>\n
  2. Now consider this example: The PC is tasked to convert 100 Images from the JPG to the PNG File Format. This can easily be parallelized<\/em><\/strong> because there are no dependencies. Each Image is a single subtask, and you can split up the 100 tasks into 25-task batches for each of the cores of a 4-core CPU to work on.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    So single-core performance is important for tasks that can't be parallelized (can't make use of multiple cores).<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Now, if you'd buy an 8-Core CPU, but your task\/Software can only make use of a single core, does this mean you're leaving 87,5% (7\/8ths) of your CPU's performance go to waste?<\/p>\n

    Not entirely. Thankfully CPU manufacturers have developed a practical system that can boost the clock speed of individual cores<\/a> if not all are being used. As long as the power and temperature limits aren't being surpassed, a single core could be boosted to run 20%+ faster.<\/p>\n

    So you're still leaving a lot of performance on the table if your tasks can only make use of a single core, but not quite 87,5% (7\/8ths).<\/p>\n

    <\/span>Which Workloads are dependent on high single-core performance?<\/span><\/h2>\n

    Workloads that are dependent on high single-core performance:<\/p>\n