What is the worst intel processor?

[mvarma42]

What is one the worst intel processors out there?

[Perrywinkle]

I think the celeron series or atom but those are for specific markets, what do you mean with "worst"
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[The Rock God]

I would think that the first gen Pentiums they ended up recalling would qualify.

[Reported.]

define "worst".

[intok]

The original Pentium ones had math problems.

The Celeron series was terrible from their inception till they made the Core2 derived versions which finally had passable performance for their cost.

The P4 netburst architecture was terrible for it's entire lineup, the early P4s at 2Ghz where slower then P3's at 1.4Ghz. This hot and slow architecture dragged on through the Pentium D line. The Core and i series are actually souped up P3 chips.

The Itanium, Intel's failed attempt to kill off IBM's x86 architecture so they could have something they weren't legally required to license the rights to make parts to AMD and VIA.

[mvarma42]

Thanks for all the answers guys! By worst I mean performance to cost ratio.

[Joker]

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Thanks for all the answers guys! By worst I mean performance to cost ratio.

i7 4960X

It shouldn't cost $1000. If you are a gamer then this is not the CPU for you. Even professionals are getting ripped off at that price, but can afford it. It may be useful to a gamer if they had an 4-way SLI 780 Ti setup. If they spend that much on GPUs then they wouldn't have a problem spending that much on a CPU. It's a horrible waste of money no matter what.

Nobody needs more than an i7 4770k & 2-way SLI GTX 780 Ti at the most. Even that would be going high end enthusiast with the subject. Just get an i5 4670 and a single GTX 780 or 760 to play games maxed out.

[mvarma42]

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Thanks for all the answers guys! By worst I mean performance to cost ratio.

i7 4960X

It shouldn't cost $1000. If you are a gamer then this is not the CPU for you. Even professionals are getting ripped off at that price, but can afford it. It may be useful to a gamer if they had an 4-way SLI 780 Ti setup. If they spend that much on GPUs then they wouldn't have a problem spending that much on a CPU. It's a horrible waste of money no matter what.

Nobody needs more than an i7 4770k and one or two 780 Ti 2-way SLI at the most.

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[Shasow]

According to this, http://www.cpubenchmark.net/

Intel Pentium III Mobile 750MHz

[mvarma42]

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According to this, http://www.cpubenchmark.net/

Intel Pentium III Mobile 750MHz

Cool, thanks. I was just wondering.

[Dellicious]

The first Intel ever made is the worst then isn't it? DUH

[mason]

Most of the Xeons are overpriced for their performance compared to the i7 Extremes (4930k/4960k). But, what is VERY overpriced is the AMD 9000 series processors. I mean, come on, $1000 for an AMD 8 core?

EDIT: Just checked, they had lowered the price to like 3/400, never noticed. Still overpriced to me, as you could get an i7 for that price.

[The Rock God]

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The first Intel ever made is the worst then isn't it? DUH

He's got a point. If the criteria for worst is price/performance, the worst one would have to be one of the first ones - probably THE first. You don't even have to adjust for inflation (which would make it even worse).

The original 4004 was $60, and ran at 740 MHz. For <$40 you can buy a 2.8 GHz dual core AMD CPU.

If you limit it to current processors, the top of the line ones will always be worst. This is because of a combination of diminishing returns and premium pricing.

[Golden Grandpah]

Not only that, but the first pentium computers would cost you well over $1000. If you look at the performance you got; 500mhz was fast back then...

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The first Intel ever made is the worst then isn't it? DUH

He's got a point. If the criteria for worst is price/performance, the worst one would have to be one of the first ones - probably THE first. You don't even have to adjust for inflation (which would make it even worse).

The original 4004 was $60, and ran at 740 MHz. For <$40 you can buy a 2.8 GHz dual core AMD CPU.

If you limit it to current processors, the top of the line ones will always be worst. This is because of a combination of diminishing returns and premium pricing.