Hardware.fr compares 6 generations of Intel HEDT (2008-2016)

[Sweepr]

Haswell-E (left) / Broadwell-E (right)

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http://www.hardware.fr/articles/946-1/intel-broadwell-e-i7-6950x-6900k-6800k-test.html

Intel's 45nm/32nm Bloomfield/Gulftown from 2008-2010 still performing surprisingly well, matching/beating 220W Vishera at stock.

 

[bystander36]

I chose Haswell-E simply because it became affordable to buy.

 

[Insert_Nickname]

I voted for Bloomfield. The platform longevity is just unbeatable.

 

[frozentundra123456]

Interesting, but only tells part of the story, since most of the HEDT chips will be overclocked.

 

[BHZ-GTR]

I Voted For My Fav Processor (CI7 920 BloomField)

 

[bystander36]

I'm not sure Bloomfield was really an HEDT product. They were only 4c/8t, and their pricing was more mainstream.

 

[Insert_Nickname]

I'm not sure Bloomfield was really an HEDT product. They were only 4c/8t, and their pricing was more mainstream.

Both yes and no. The 4C/8T CPUs were priced within the mainstream range*, but X58 boards weren't.

*MSRP for the 920 was $294. $284 bought you an LGA-1156 860. The 870 was a whopping $562...

 

[bystander36]

Both yes and no. The 4C/8T CPUs were priced within the mainstream range*, but X58 boards weren't.

*MSRP for the 920 was $294. $284 bought you an LGA-1156 860. The 870 was a whopping $562...

Of course, there were many cheaper motherboards. Bloomfield, unlike all the others, was not an extreme edition CPU. It's also the only 4c/8t in the list. It certainly doesn't really fit into the same category as the others.

 

[SPBHM]

Bloomfield was more affordable and absolutely the best,
nowadays Intel sells the faster architecture on cheaper platforms first...

 

[Sheep221]

I'm not sure Bloomfield was really an HEDT product. They were only 4c/8t, and their pricing was more mainstream.

I think at that time, it was, offering, 36 PCie lanes, triple channel DDR3 extended to 24GB and additional 4 threads was huge HEDT stuff in 2008, when existing mainstream CPUs were more or less slow C2D and Athlon 64 X2 with 2 to 4 gigs of RAM. In fact, Intel to this day is still selling new mainstream platforms with dual channel support only and PCIe lanes between 8 and 20.

 

[Oyeve]

4790K. Affordable and more than fast enough.

 

[escrow4]

Have a 5930K. With MCE @ 3.7GHz don't need anything more. If I was building a new box I would go for a 6700K though. CPU+ RAM + MOBO is 500 cheaper; I can make do with H170.

 

[Sweepr]

I voted for Bloomfield. The platform longevity is just unbeatable.

Agreed, the longevity of this platform is incredible. IMHO it aged better than Phenom II and certainly much better than Core 2.

I've used Bloomfield, Gulftown and Haswell-E, still own the three in different PCs.

 

[ClockHound]

X58 forever! ​

Now hexaphonically supercharged with Xeon gas.

 

[Sweepr]

Efficiency: