Intel Core i7-4960X: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks
The Intel Core i7-4960X is a 6-core and 12-thread processor configuration with a base clock speed of 3600 MHz. The CPU specifications and performance tests (benchmarks) are listed below.
Performance (Benchmarks)
- Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score
- 836
- Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score
- 4970
- PassMark CPU Mark Rating
- 9943
- PassMark Single Thread Rating
- 2079
- 3DMark Time Spy Physics Score
- 6057
Processor Specs
- Processor
- Intel Core i7-4960X
- Frequency
- 3600 MHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 4000 MHz
- Cores
- 6
- Threads
- 12
- TDP
- 130 W
- Codename
- Ivy Bridge E
- Package
- FCLGA2011

Geekbench 5 Benchmark
- Single-Core Score
- 836
- Multi-Core Score
- 4438
- Benchmark
- Geekbench 5.4.0 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)
System Information
- Operating System
- Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
- Model
- System manufacturer System Product Name
- Motherboard
- ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. X79-DELUXE
- Power Plan
- High performance
CPU Specifications
- Name
- Intel Core i7-4960X
- Topology
- 1 Processor, 6 Cores, 12 Threads
- Identifier
- GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 62 Stepping 4
- Base Frequency
- 3.60 GHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 4.00 GHz
- Package
- Socket 2011 LGA
- Codename
- Ivy 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
- 16.00 GB
- Frequency
- 667 MHz
- Type
- DDR3 SDRAM
- Channels
- 2
Geekbench 5 result (single)
| Single-Core Score | 836 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 936 |
| Integer Score | 800 |
| Floating Point Score | 896 |
| AES-XTS | 936 1.60 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 1007 5.09 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 928 43.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 779 2.20 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 731 857.9 KElements/sec |
| SQLite | 726 227.4 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 788 42.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 759 241.7 KB/sec |
| Clang | 750 5.84 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 773 8.96 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 877 1.10 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 869 5380.9 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 751 41.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 824 6.35 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 840 20.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 1485 72.8 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 1518 20.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 970 778.9 Kpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 593 5.32 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 1014 32.4 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 577 22.3 images/sec |
Geekbench 5 result (multi)
| Multi-Core Score | 4438 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 3280 |
| Integer Score | 4422 |
| Floating Point Score | 4666 |
| AES-XTS | 3280 5.59 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 6288 31.8 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 6083 287.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 2195 6.19 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 4333 5.09 MElements/sec |
| SQLite | 4996 1.57 Mrows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 4954 268.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 3548 1.10 MB/sec |
| Clang | 4945 38.5 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 4092 47.4 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 5178 6.48 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 6379 39518.8 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 4204 231.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 5126 39.5 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 4853 119.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 6912 339.1 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 8767 119.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 6332 5.08 Mpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 3744 33.5 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 3067 98.1 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 1501 58.0 images/sec |