Intel Core i7-8700T vs Intel Core i7-3960X

What is the difference between Intel Core i7-8700T and Intel Core i7-3960X. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

1033Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score798
4875Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score4606
10743PassMark CPU Mark Rating8612
2378PassMark Single Thread Rating1813
66353DMark Time Spy Physics Score

Processor Specs

Intel Core i7-8700TProcessorIntel Core i7-3960X
2400 MHzFrequency3300 MHz
4000 MHzMaximum Frequency3900 MHz
6Cores6
12Threads12
35 WTDP130 W
Intel UHD Graphics 630GPU
Coffee LakeCodenameSandy Bridge E
Socket 1151 LGAPackageFCLGA2011

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

1039Single-Core Score799
4512Multi-Core Score4944
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.2.3 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise (64-bit)
Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-7C09ModelSystem manufacturer System Product Name
Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. H310M PRO-VDH PLUS (MS-7C09)MotherboardASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. X79-DELUXE
BalancedPower PlanBalanced

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i7-8700TNameIntel Core i7-3960X
1 Processor, 6 Cores, 12 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 6 Cores, 12 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 10IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 45 Stepping 7
2.40 GHzBase Frequency3.30 GHz
4000 MHzMaximum Frequency5.70 GHz
Socket 1151 LGAPackageSocket 2011 LGA
Coffee LakeCodenameSandy Bridge-E
32.0 KB x 6L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 6
32.0 KB x 6L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 6
256 KB x 6L2 Cache256 KB x 6
12.0 MB x 1L3 Cache15.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

16.00 GBSize64.00 GB
1066 MHzFrequency1066 MHz
DDR4 SDRAMTypeDDR3 SDRAM
1Channels4

Geekbench 5 result (single)

1039Single-Core Score799
1376Crypto Score815
962Integer Score774
1151Floating Point Score 852
1376
2.35 GB/sec
AES-XTS815
1.39 GB/sec
1044
5.28 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)983
4.97 MB/sec
1154
54.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression859
40.7 Mpixels/sec
763
2.15 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)776
2.19 MTE/sec
937
1.10 MElements/sec
HTML5731
858.4 KElements/sec
939
294.2 Krows/sec
SQLite739
231.6 Krows/sec
990
53.7 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering787
42.7 Mpixels/sec
937
298.6 KB/sec
Text Rendering683
217.7 KB/sec
995
7.75 Klines/sec
Clang726
5.66 Klines/sec
944
10.9 images/sec
Camera725
8.40 images/sec
998
1.25 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics835
1.04 Mpairs/sec
1071
6636.0 FPS
Rigid Body Physics761
4715.4 FPS
1027
56.4 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur729
40.1 Mpixels/sec
991
7.63 images/sec
Face Detection753
5.80 images/sec
963
23.7 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection822
20.3 Mpixels/sec
1836
90.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1273
62.5 Mpixels/sec
1971
26.9 Mpixels/sec
HDR1456
19.8 Mpixels/sec
1311
1.05 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing926
743.4 Kpixels/sec
946
8.47 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion568
5.09 Kpixels/sec
1078
34.5 Words/sec
Speech Recognition944
30.2 Words/sec
929
35.9 images/sec
Machine Learning647
25.0 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

4512Multi-Core Score4944
2290Crypto Score5698
4559Integer Score4817
4780Floating Point Score 5095
2290
3.90 GB/sec
AES-XTS5698
9.71 GB/sec
5279
26.7 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)6712
33.9 MB/sec
7127
337.2 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression6037
285.6 Mpixels/sec
1584
4.47 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)3306
9.32 MTE/sec
5193
6.10 MElements/sec
HTML54436
5.21 MElements/sec
5809
1.82 Mrows/sec
SQLite5069
1.59 Mrows/sec
5005
271.6 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering5044
273.7 Mpixels/sec
3350
1.04 MB/sec
Text Rendering4519
1.41 MB/sec
6500
50.6 Klines/sec
Clang4932
38.4 Klines/sec
4340
50.3 images/sec
Camera4121
47.8 images/sec
6561
8.21 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics5030
6.29 Mpairs/sec
8036
49783.6 FPS
Rigid Body Physics6163
38180.5 FPS
5682
312.4 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur4308
236.8 Mpixels/sec
6099
47.0 images/sec
Face Detection5207
40.1 images/sec
4234
104.4 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection5292
130.4 Mpixels/sec
5215
255.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting7348
360.5 Mpixels/sec
8852
120.6 Mpixels/sec
HDR8357
113.9 Mpixels/sec
8450
6.79 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing6095
4.89 Mpixels/sec
5009
44.9 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion3484
31.2 Kpixels/sec
1719
55.0 Words/sec
Speech Recognition4529
144.8 Words/sec
1146
44.3 images/sec
Machine Learning2765
106.8 images/sec