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IntelBX80648I75960X
AMD100-100001503WOF

8 Cores, 16 Threads @3.0GHz, Haswell-E.
Release date: Q3 2014.

8 Cores, 16 Threads.
Release date ≈ Q1 2024.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 16,821 user samples
15,468 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 94% Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 70% Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg)
Poor: 70% Great: 94%
SPEED RANK: 247th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
1,353 User Benchmarks
Great bench: 105% Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Poor bench: 85% Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 0.5 GHz (avg)
Poor: 85% Great: 105%
SPEED RANK: 112th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 98%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 94%
Nuclear submarine
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
80.5 % 97 % Faster effective speed.
+21%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
87 Pts 92.7 Pts Slightly lower memory latency.
+7%
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
100 Pts 142 Pts Much faster single-core speed.
+42%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
201 Pts 279 Pts Much faster dual-core speed.
+39%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
398 Pts 544 Pts Much faster quad-core speed.
+37%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
718 Pts 978 Pts Much faster octa-core speed.
+36%
Memory
OC Memory Latency
95.3 Pts 99.4 Pts +4%
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
128 Pts 152 Pts Faster OC single-core speed.
+19%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
254 Pts 302 Pts Faster OC dual-core speed.
+19%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
502 Pts 597 Pts Faster OC quad-core speed.
+19%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
920 Pts 1,175 Pts Faster OC octa-core speed.
+28%
Market Share
Based on 69,051,341 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.02 % 0.45 % Insanely higher market share.
+2,150%
Value
Value For Money
89.5 % 105 % Better value.
+17%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
56 % +4% 54 %
Price
Price (score)
$189 Slightly cheaper.
+9%
$208
Age
Newest
123 Months 9+ Months Hugely more recent.
+93%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
1,353 Pts 1,413 Pts +4%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
1,075 Pts 1,313 Pts Faster 64-core speed.
+22%

The Intel 5960X sports eight cores and sixteen threads. That's two more cores than we have ever seen on a consumer processor before and as such this $1,000 processor offers record breaking multi-threaded CPU horsepower. Unfortunately the 5960X is clocked at just 3 GHz base and 3.5 GHz turbo which, for single and dual-core workloads, renders it around 15% slower than a $69 G3258 on stock clocks! The 5960X is only compatible with Intel's new X99 chipset which requires new DDR4 RAM and is currently far more expensive, with little consumer benefit, than DDR3. All in all the i7-5960X processor is largely irrelevant for consumers as it's far far too expensive. [Sep '14 CPUPro]

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