CPU family and group
General information about the processor Intel Core i7-5960X
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Segment
Desktop / Server
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Family
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Generation
5
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CPU group
Intel Core i 5000X
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Predecessor
--
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Successor
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CPU Technical specs
Intel Core i7-5960X Processor performance parameters, CPU capabilities
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Frequency
3.00 GHz
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CPU Cores
8
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Turbo (1 Core)
3.50 GHz
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CPU Threads
16
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Turbo (8 Cores)
3.20 GHz
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Hyperthreading
Yes
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Overclocking
Yes
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Core architecture
normal
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A core
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B core
--
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C core
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IGPU
Built-in graphics chip characteristics
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GPU name
no iGPU
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GPU frequency
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GPU (Turbo)
No turbo
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Execution units
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Shader
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Max. GPU Memory
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Max. displays
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Generation
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DirectX Version
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Technology
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Release date
Hardware codec support
Built-in support for video and image compression standards
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h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
No
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h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
No
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h264
No
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VP9
No
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VP8
No
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AV1
No
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AVC
No
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VC-1
No
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JPEG
No
Memory specs & PCI
Technical characteristics of supported memory, PCI bus
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Memory type
DDR4-2133
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Max. Memory
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ECC
No
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Memory channels
4
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PCIe version
3.0
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PCIe lanes
40
Encryption
Hardware security technology
Thermal Management
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TDP (PL1)
140 W
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TDP up
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TDP (PL2)
--
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TDP down
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Tjunction max.
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* see below
Technologies and extensions
Technical capabilities of the processor, information
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Instruction set (ISA)
x86-64 (64 bit)
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Virtualization
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
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ISA extensions
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
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L2-Cache
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L3-Cache
20.00 MB
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Architecture
Haswell E
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Technology
22 nm
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Socket
LGA 2011-3
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Release date
Q3/2014
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Part Number
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Positions in all rankings
Common positions Intel Core i7-5960X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.
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Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
228 place
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Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
238 place
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
536 place
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
333 place
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Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
122 place
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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
240 place
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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
117 place
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
562 place
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
132 place
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Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
352 place
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Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
166 place