5930k VS 5820k

Dean Colerridge · Oct 6, 2015

So currently my I7 4930k failed on me and I have been looking at the x99 platform for my work. Right now i do light gaming, 12 hours a day 3D rendering and a lot of AutoDesk.

My setup will be a 980 (Gaming) and quadro k4000 (rendering)
Cons and pros for

-5820k

-5930k

Which one would be the best for me?

digitaldoc · Oct 6, 2015

There is a $200 difference between the two CPU's. I doubt you will find much difference in the light gaming, but the 5930k will offer and advantage on AutoDesk.

The main differences are that the 5930k offers more PCI lanes, which benefits the GPU, a faster clock speed of 0.2 GHz, and overclocks better. For most users, the 5820k is already overkill, and the $200 to jump up to the 5930k is better spent on other components such as a better GPU, or SSD.

http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i7-5930K-vs-Intel-Core-i7-5820K

Geekwad · Oct 6, 2015

I would vote for the 5930k....only for the lanes. While you may get by now, PCIe storage is so wonderful.....it would be nice to have more of those options over the years to come.

Tanyac · Oct 6, 2015

These might shed some insight..

http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i7-5930K-vs-Intel-Core-i7-5820K
http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/587/Intel_Core_i7_i7-5820K_vs_Intel_Core_i7_i7-5930K.html

The 5820K has 28 PCI lanes, whereas the 5930K has 40. If you plan to SLI the 5930K might be a better choice.

I went the 5930K option because the price difference was not important to me. I wanted to go the 5960X but that was almost double the cost. The 5930K was a god compromise, at least for me.

hth

digitaldoc · Oct 6, 2015

While more PCI lanes is important for high end gaming and GPU's, given the "light gaming," and this machine more used for rendering, the additional lanes may not make much difference on this one.

englandr753 · Oct 6, 2015

If youre one of those that upgrade every two years Id say go with the 5820k but if youre like me and plan to use it 3-5 years or until it dies then do the 5930k.

You see the specs in my sig below... =D

Dean Colerridge · Oct 6, 2015

I was talking with the partner and he said the 5930k would benefit me more in autodesk, I've already got 5 ssds and 1 PCIe ssd.
But what about the rendering time and overall performance for the 5930k vs 5820k. I really don't care about price because my partner would be paying for the whole thing.
Does the 5930k have more powerful single cores?

Geekwad · Oct 6, 2015

Dean Colerridge :

Marginal difference.....I'd say they were about the same. Just for reference (there is some variance in there):

http://www.maxwellrender.com/benchwell

digitaldoc · Oct 7, 2015

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-5930K-vs-Intel-Core-i7-5820K/2578vs2579

The 5930k has a slightly faster single core speed due to the additional 0.2 GHz stock clock speed advantage.

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