Processor Intel Core i9-7960X, specifications and benchmarks

General information about the processor Intel Core i9-7960X

• Segment
  Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Core i9
• Generation
  7
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 7000X
• Predecessor
  --
• Successor
  --

Intel Core i9-7960X Processor performance parameters, CPU capabilities

• Frequency
  2.80 GHz
• CPU Cores
  16
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.20 GHz
• CPU Threads
  32
• Turbo (16 Cores)
  3.60 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes
• Core architecture
  normal
• A core
  --
• B core
  --
• C core
  --

Built-in graphics chip characteristics

• GPU name
  no iGPU
• GPU frequency
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo
• Execution units
• Shader
• Max. GPU Memory
  --
• Max. displays
• Generation
• DirectX Version
• Technology
• Release date

Built-in support for video and image compression standards

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

Technical characteristics of supported memory, PCI bus

• Memory type
  DDR4-2666
• Max. Memory
• ECC
  No
• Memory channels
  4
• PCIe version
  3.0
• PCIe lanes
  44

Hardware security technology

• AES-NI
  Yes

• TDP (PL1)
  165 W
• TDP up
  --
• TDP (PL2)
  --
• TDP down
  --
• Tjunction max.
  --

Technical capabilities of the processor, information

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
• L2-Cache
  --
• L3-Cache
  22.00 MB
• Architecture
  Skylake X
• Technology
  14 nm
• Socket
  LGA 2066
• Release date
  Q4/2017
• Part Number
  --

Common positions Intel Core i9-7960X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

• Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
  264 place
• Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
  48 place
• Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
  198 place
• Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
  57 place
• Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
  423 place
• Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
  125 place
• Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
  175 place
• Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
  38 place
• Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
  34 place
• Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
  57 place
• Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
  30 place
• Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
  150 place