Intel Core i7-5960X: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks

The Intel Core i7-5960X is a 8-core and 16-thread processor configuration with a base clock speed of 3000 MHz. The CPU specifications and performance tests (benchmarks) are listed below.

Performance (Benchmarks)

Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score
929
Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score
7205
PassMark CPU Mark Rating
12569
PassMark Single Thread Rating
1969
3DMark Time Spy Physics Score
8930

Processor Specs

Processor
Intel Core i7-5960X
Frequency
3000 MHz
Maximum Frequency
3500 MHz
Cores
8
Threads
16
TDP
140 W
Codename
Haswell E
Package
LGA2011-v3
Intel Core i7-5960X
Intel Core i7-5960X: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

Single-Core Score
932
Multi-Core Score
6920
Benchmark
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Operating System
Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
Model
ASUS All Series
Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. RAMPAGE V EXTREME
Power Plan
High performance

CPU Specifications

Name
Intel Core i7-5960X
Topology
1 Processor, 8 Cores, 16 Threads
Identifier
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 63 Stepping 2
Base Frequency
2.92 GHz
Maximum Frequency
3607 MHz
Package
Socket 2011 LGA
Codename
Haswell-E/EP
L1 Instruction Cache
32.0 KB x 8
L1 Data Cache
32.0 KB x 8
L2 Cache
256 KB x 8
L3 Cache
20.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

Size
64.00 GB
Frequency
1040 MHz
Type
DDR4 SDRAM
Channels
4

Geekbench 5 result (single)

Single-Core Score932
Crypto Score1232
Integer Score879
Floating Point Score 998
AES-XTS1232
2.10 GB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)988
5.00 MB/sec
Image Compression981
46.4 Mpixels/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)857
2.42 MTE/sec
HTML5844
991.5 KElements/sec
SQLite852
266.9 Krows/sec
PDF Rendering855
46.4 Mpixels/sec
Text Rendering866
276.0 KB/sec
Clang862
6.72 Klines/sec
Camera822
9.52 images/sec
N-Body Physics828
1.04 Mpairs/sec
Rigid Body Physics958
5933.0 FPS
Gaussian Blur785
43.2 Mpixels/sec
Face Detection889
6.84 images/sec
Horizon Detection894
22.0 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1571
77.1 Mpixels/sec
HDR1692
23.1 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing1092
877.0 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion807
7.23 Kpixels/sec
Speech Recognition959
30.7 Words/sec
Machine Learning876
33.9 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

Multi-Core Score6920
Crypto Score6466
Integer Score6759
Floating Point Score 7345
AES-XTS6466
11.0 GB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)8261
41.8 MB/sec
Image Compression8889
420.5 Mpixels/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)4365
12.3 MTE/sec
HTML56151
7.22 MElements/sec
SQLite7007
2.20 Mrows/sec
PDF Rendering7504
407.2 Mpixels/sec
Text Rendering6173
1.92 MB/sec
Clang7408
57.7 Klines/sec
Camera6210
72.0 images/sec
N-Body Physics5890
7.37 Mpairs/sec
Rigid Body Physics9393
58190.3 FPS
Gaussian Blur6766
371.9 Mpixels/sec
Face Detection7301
56.2 images/sec
Horizon Detection7741
190.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting10761
527.9 Mpixels/sec
HDR13603
185.4 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing9300
7.47 Mpixels/sec
Structure from Motion6593
59.1 Kpixels/sec
Speech Recognition5325
170.2 Words/sec
Machine Learning3321
128.3 images/sec