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Intel Core i7 5960X

8C / 16T

3 - 3.5 GHz

TDP: 140W

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Intel Core i7 6850K

6C / 12T

3.6 - 3.8 GHz

TDP: 140W

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Benchmark Scores

C23

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i7 5960X1,067
Intel Core i7 6850K988
Difference: 8.0% (Intel faster)
C23

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i7 5960X9,918
Intel Core i7 6850K7,337
Difference: 35.2% (Intel faster)
G6

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i7 5960X1,244
Intel Core i7 6850K986
Difference: 26.2% (Intel faster)
G6

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i7 5960X6,669
Intel Core i7 6850K3,877
Difference: 72.0% (Intel faster)
G5

Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i7 5960X892
Intel Core i7 6850K988
Difference: 10.8% (Intel faster)
G5

Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i7 5960X7,026
Intel Core i7 6850K5,881
Difference: 19.5% (Intel faster)
P

PassMark (Single-Core)

Intel Core i7 5960X1,963
Intel Core i7 6850K2,409
Difference: 22.7% (Intel faster)
P

PassMark (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i7 5960X12,655
Intel Core i7 6850K11,382
Difference: 11.2% (Intel faster)

Specifications

8
Cores
6
16
Threads
12
3 GHz
Base Frequency
3.6 GHz
3.5 GHz
Boost Frequency
3.8 GHz
140 W
TDP
140 W
LGA-2011-3
Socket
LGA-2011-3
Haswell E
Architecture
Broadwell E
22nm
Manufacturing
14nm
2014
Release Year
2016
20MB shared
L3 Cache
15MB shared
DDR4-2133
Memory Support
DDR4-2133
64GB
Max Memory
128GB
3
PCIe Version
3

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