Intel Core i7-2960XM vs Intel Core i7-6800K. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition
• Generation
  2 6
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 2000M Intel Core i 6000

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  2.70 GHz 3.40 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 6
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.70 GHz 3.60 GHz
• CPU Threads
  8 12
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 3000 no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  0.65 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.30 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  12
• Shader
  96
• Max. displays
  2
• Generation
  6
• DirectX Version
  10.1
• Technology
  32 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2011

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• JPEG
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-6800K and Intel Core i7-2960XM. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1066DDR3-1333DDR3-1600 DDR4-2133DDR4-2400
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 128 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 4
• PCIe version
  2.0 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  16 28

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-2960XM and Intel Core i7-6800K to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  55 W 140 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-2960XM and Intel Core i7-2960XM, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  8.00 MB 15.00 MB
• Architecture
  Sandy Bridge H Skylake S
• Technology
  32 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  PGA 988 LGA 2011-3
• Release date
  Q4/2011 Q2/2016