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▲ 565,819 ▼

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

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▲ 54193 ▼

6 Cores, 12 Threads @3.5 GHz, Ivy Bridge EP.
Release date ≤ Q2 2014.

Effective Speed 
+6%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 26,389 user samples
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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: 228th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
10,921 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 85% Base clock 3.5 GHz
Worst Bench: 67% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg)
Poor: 67% Great: 85%
SPEED RANK: 291st / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		80.5 % Slightly faster effective speed.
+6% 		76 %
Average Score 
+10%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		87 Pts +3% 84.8 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		100 Pts Slightly faster single-core speed.
+7% 		93.4 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		201 Pts Slightly faster dual-core speed.
+7% 		188 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		398 Pts Slightly faster quad-core speed.
+10% 		363 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		718 Pts Faster octa-core speed.
+23% 		584 Pts
Overclocked Score 
+16%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		95.3 Pts +1% 93.9 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		128 Pts Faster OC single-core speed.
+16% 		110 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		254 Pts Faster OC dual-core speed.
+15% 		220 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		502 Pts Faster OC quad-core speed.
+15% 		436 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		920 Pts Much faster OC octa-core speed.
+33% 		691 Pts
Value & Sentiment 
+23%
Market Share
Based on 67,721,340 CPUs tested
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.03 % 0.03 %
Value
Value For Money 		79.9 % Much better value.
+32% 		60.6 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		56 % +4% 54 %
Price
Price (score) 		$285 Much cheaper.
+55% 		$635
Nice To Haves 
+36%
Age
Newest 		116 Months +3% 120+ Months
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		1353 Pts Much faster OC 64-core speed.
+57% 		862 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		1075 Pts Much faster 64-core speed.
+47% 		732 Pts
Specifications 
Launch Date
Launch Date 		Q3'14 Q3'13
Cache
Cache 		20 MB SmartCache 12 MB SmartCache
Instruction Set Extensions
Instruction Set Extensions 		SSE4.2, AVX 2.0, AES AVX
Recommended Price
Recommended Customer Price 		$999.00 - $1059.00 $583.00
Max Turbo Frequency
Max Turbo Frequency 		3.5 GHz 3.9 GHz
Bus Speed
Bus Speed 		0 GT/s 0 GT/s QPI
Max Memory Size
Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type) 		64 GB 256 GB
Memory Types
Memory Types 		DDR4 1333/1600/2133 DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600/1866
Memory Bandwidth
Max Memory Bandwidth 		68 GB/s 59.7 GB/s
ECC Memory Supported
ECC Memory Supported ‡ 		No Yes
Package Size
Package Size 		52.5mm x 45.0mm 52.5mm x 45.0 mm
Demand Based Switching
Intel® Demand Based Switching 		No Yes
vPro Tech
Intel® vPro™ Technology ‡ 		No Yes
Identity Protection Tech
Intel® Identity Protection Technology ‡ 		Yes No
Trusted Execution Tech
Intel® Trusted Execution Technology ‡ 		No Yes

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Conclusion 
Average Bench 80.5%
Average Bench 76%
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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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Considering that this CPU is currently costing around 80 usd on aliexpress & ebay, outperforms an 3970x intel i7 and officially supports 4 channel DDR3 RAM at up to 1866mhz, it's really hard to beat the value of this chip. Possibly the best price to performance of any used CPU in the market today, in 2020. [Mar '20 jetjix]

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