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Intel Core i7 5960X

8C / 16T

3 - 3.5 GHz

TDP: 140W

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Intel Core i7 6950X

10C / 20T

3 - 3.5 GHz

TDP: 140W

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Benchmark Scores

C23

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i7 5960X1,067
Intel Core i7 6950X1,075
Difference: 0.7% (Intel faster)
C23

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i7 5960X9,918
Intel Core i7 6950X9,803
Difference: 1.2% (Intel faster)
G6

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i7 5960X1,244
Intel Core i7 6950X1,020
Difference: 22.0% (Intel faster)
G6

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i7 5960X6,669
Intel Core i7 6950X6,726
Difference: 0.9% (Intel faster)
G5

Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i7 5960X892
Intel Core i7 6950X968
Difference: 8.5% (Intel faster)
G5

Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i7 5960X7,026
Intel Core i7 6950X9,253
Difference: 31.7% (Intel faster)
P

PassMark (Single-Core)

Intel Core i7 5960X1,963
Intel Core i7 6950X2,330
Difference: 18.7% (Intel faster)
P

PassMark (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i7 5960X12,655
Intel Core i7 6950X17,362
Difference: 37.2% (Intel faster)

Specifications

8
Cores
10
16
Threads
20
3 GHz
Base Frequency
3 GHz
3.5 GHz
Boost Frequency
3.5 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
25MB shared
DDR4-2133
Memory Support
DDR4-2133
64GB
Max Memory
128GB
3
PCIe Version
3

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