Intel Core i7-3960X: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks
The Intel Core i7-3960X is a 6-core and 12-thread processor configuration with a base clock speed of 3300 MHz. The CPU specifications and performance tests (benchmarks) are listed below.
Performance (Benchmarks)
- Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score
- 798
- Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score
- 4606
- PassMark CPU Mark Rating
- 8612
- PassMark Single Thread Rating
- 1813
Processor Specs
- Processor
- Intel Core i7-3960X
- Frequency
- 3300 MHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 3900 MHz
- Cores
- 6
- Threads
- 12
- TDP
- 130 W
- Codename
- Sandy Bridge E
- Package
- FCLGA2011
Geekbench 5 Benchmark
- Single-Core Score
- 799
- Multi-Core Score
- 4944
- Benchmark
- Geekbench 5.2.3 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)
System Information
- Operating System
- Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise (64-bit)
- Model
- System manufacturer System Product Name
- Motherboard
- ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. X79-DELUXE
- Power Plan
- Balanced
CPU Specifications
- Name
- Intel Core i7-3960X
- Topology
- 1 Processor, 6 Cores, 12 Threads
- Identifier
- GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 45 Stepping 7
- Base Frequency
- 3.30 GHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 5.70 GHz
- Package
- Socket 2011 LGA
- Codename
- Sandy Bridge-E
- L1 Instruction Cache
- 32.0 KB x 6
- L1 Data Cache
- 32.0 KB x 6
- L2 Cache
- 256 KB x 6
- L3 Cache
- 15.0 MB x 1
Memory Information
- Size
- 64.00 GB
- Frequency
- 1066 MHz
- Type
- DDR3 SDRAM
- Channels
- 4
Geekbench 5 result (single)
| Single-Core Score | 799 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 815 |
| Integer Score | 774 |
| Floating Point Score | 852 |
| AES-XTS | 815 1.39 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 983 4.97 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 859 40.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 776 2.19 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 731 858.4 KElements/sec |
| SQLite | 739 231.6 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 787 42.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 683 217.7 KB/sec |
| Clang | 726 5.66 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 725 8.40 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 835 1.04 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 761 4715.4 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 729 40.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 753 5.80 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 822 20.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 1273 62.5 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 1456 19.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 926 743.4 Kpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 568 5.09 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 944 30.2 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 647 25.0 images/sec |
Geekbench 5 result (multi)
| Multi-Core Score | 4944 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 5698 |
| Integer Score | 4817 |
| Floating Point Score | 5095 |
| AES-XTS | 5698 9.71 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 6712 33.9 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 6037 285.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 3306 9.32 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 4436 5.21 MElements/sec |
| SQLite | 5069 1.59 Mrows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 5044 273.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 4519 1.41 MB/sec |
| Clang | 4932 38.4 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 4121 47.8 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 5030 6.29 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 6163 38180.5 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 4308 236.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 5207 40.1 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 5292 130.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 7348 360.5 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 8357 113.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 6095 4.89 Mpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 3484 31.2 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 4529 144.8 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 2765 106.8 images/sec |