Are the "K" CPU's binned like the non "K's"

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Tsavo

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AMD's binning process begins this way:

"Eenie, meenie, minie, moe."
 

zephyrprime

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I have used both,k and non k chips and honestly think the savings is just there for those who just want a cheaper motherboard and aren't willing to overclock.

Saw no difference performance wise in the build i did earlier this year with the 2500k at stock,nor the 2500 non k i recently gifted to a family member.

Just a matter if someone wants to overclock,or save some coin and honestly i think it works out fine for the consumer this way as well.
Of course they'll be the same performance at stock (except for the gpu). The OP means can the K variant attain a higher overclock than the non-K variant. Or as old timers would say, does it have a higher landmark speed?