Intel Core i7-5960X

The Intel Core i7-5960X is a Haswell-E based processor, released Sep 1st, 2014. The Intel Core i7-5960X is a 356 mm² CPU on the 22 nm Intel node. It's 8 cores @ 3.00 Ghz (up to Ghz boost) alongside 20MB (shared) cache puts this CPU at about 77.07% compared to our reference processor; the Intel Core i9-9900K.

8 Cores

3.00 - 3.50 GHz
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TECHNICAL DETAILS

Intel Core i7-5960X

Physical
Socket Intel Socket 2011-3
Package
tCaseMax
Foundry Intel
Process Size 22 nm
Transistors 2,600 million
Die Size 356 mm²
Architecture
Release Date Sep 1st, 2014
Market Desktop
Generation Core i7(Haswell-E EE)
Production Active
Codename Haswell-E
Memory Support DDR4
ECC Memory No
PCI-Express Gen 2
Performance
Frequency
3.00
GHz
Turbo Clock
3.50
GHz
Base Clock 100
Multiplier 30.0
Multiplier Unlocked No
TDP 140
FP32
Cache
Cache L1 64K (per core)
Cache L2 256K (per core)
Cache L3 20MB (shared)
Cores
Cores
8
Threads
16
SMPCPUS 1
Integrated Graphics N/A
Benchmarks
Benchmark Single Core
136
Pts
Benchmark Multi Core
1119
Pts
Power/Watt 7.99
Features
  • MMX
  • SSE
  • SSE2
  • SSE3
  • SSSE3
  • SSE4.2
  • AVX
  • AVX2
  • EIST
  • Intel 64
  • XD bit
  • VT-x
  • VT-d
  • HTT
  • AES-NI
  • TSX
  • TXT
  • CLMUL
  • FMA3
  • F16C
  • BMI1
  • BMI2
  • Boost 2.0

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