Intel Core i7-2960XM: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks
The Intel Core i7-2960XM is a 4-core and 8-thread processor configuration with a base clock speed of 2700 MHz. The CPU specifications and performance tests (benchmarks) are listed below.
Performance (Benchmarks)
- Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score
- 671
- Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score
- 2353
- PassMark CPU Mark Rating
- 4423
- PassMark Single Thread Rating
- 1491
- 3DMark Time Spy Physics Score
- 2855
Processor Specs
- Processor
- Intel Core i7-2960XM
- Frequency
- 2700 MHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 3700 MHz
- Cores
- 4
- Threads
- 8
- TDP
- 55 W
- GPU
- Intel HD Graphics 3000
- Codename
- Sandy Bridge
- Package
- Socket 988B rPGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark
- Single-Core Score
- 688
- Multi-Core Score
- 2531
- Benchmark
- Geekbench 5.3.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)
System Information
- Operating System
- Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
- Model
- Dell Inc. Precision M6600
- Motherboard
- Dell Inc. 04YY4M
- Power Plan
- Balanced
CPU Specifications
- Name
- Intel Core i7-2960XM
- Topology
- 1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
- Identifier
- GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
- Base Frequency
- 2.69 GHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 3.69 GHz
- Package
- Socket 988B rPGA
- Codename
- Sandy Bridge
- L1 Instruction Cache
- 32.0 KB x 4
- L1 Data Cache
- 32.0 KB x 4
- L2 Cache
- 256 KB x 4
- L3 Cache
- 8.00 MB x 1
Memory Information
- Size
- 24.00 GB
- Frequency
- 798 MHz
- Type
- DDR3 SDRAM
- Channels
- 2
Geekbench 5 result (single)
| Single-Core Score | 688 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 722 |
| Integer Score | 662 |
| Floating Point Score | 737 |
| AES-XTS | 722 1.23 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 749 3.79 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 744 35.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 706 1.99 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 604 709.4 KElements/sec |
| SQLite | 609 190.8 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 662 35.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 658 209.8 KB/sec |
| Clang | 625 4.87 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 622 7.21 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 694 868.7 Kpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 699 4332.5 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 562 30.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 701 5.40 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 712 17.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 1189 58.3 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 1226 16.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 812 652.2 Kpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 495 4.44 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 807 25.8 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 542 20.9 images/sec |
Geekbench 5 result (multi)
| Multi-Core Score | 2531 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 3293 |
| Integer Score | 2491 |
| Floating Point Score | 2489 |
| AES-XTS | 3293 5.61 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 3392 17.2 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 3023 143.0 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 2174 6.13 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 2542 2.98 MElements/sec |
| SQLite | 2673 837.3 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 2704 146.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 2316 737.9 KB/sec |
| Clang | 2206 17.2 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 1766 20.5 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 2074 2.59 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 2962 18352.6 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 2204 121.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 2567 19.8 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 2687 66.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 3880 190.4 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 4152 56.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 3455 2.77 Mpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 1675 15.0 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 2137 68.3 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 1222 47.2 images/sec |