Intel Core i7 3970X vs 3960X

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Intel Core i7 3970X

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CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the 3970X Extreme Edition vs the 3960X Extreme Edition.

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GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 3970X

19,564

Core i7 3960X

18,528

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 3970X

3,376

Core i7 3960X

3,267

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 3970X

2,690,000 MB/s

Core i7 3960X

2,595,000 MB/s

GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 3970X

19,956

Core i7 3960X

19,457

GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 3970X

20,836

Core i7 3960X

20,406

GeekBench

Core i7 3970X

21,346

Core i7 3960X

23,155

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Core i7 3970X

12,923

Core i7 3960X

12,802

PassMark (Single Core)

Core i7 3970X

2,047

Core i7 3960X

2,015

Core i7 3970X		vs	3960X

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summary	Core i7 3970X	3960X
Clock speed	3.5 GHz	3.3 GHz
Turbo clock speed	4 GHz	3.9 GHz
Cores	Hexa core	Hexa core
Socket type
LGA 2011
Is unlocked	Yes	Yes
features
Has a NX bit	Yes	Yes
Supports trusted computing	No	No
Has virtualization support	Yes	Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE2
MMX
SSE4
AVX
SSE3
SSE
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
Supplemental SSE3
AES
Supports dynamic frequency scaling	Yes	Yes
power consumption
TDP	150W	130W
Annual home energy cost	36.13 $/year	56.39 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost	131.4 $/year	184.84 $/year
Performance per watt	8.17 pt/W	5.04 pt/W
Typical power consumption	121.88W	176.72W
memory controller
Memory controller	Built-in	Built-in
Memory type
DDR3-1600
DDR3-1333
DDR3-1066
DDR3
Channels	Quad Channel	Quad Channel
Supports ECC	No	No
Maximum bandwidth	51,200 MB/s	51,200 MB/s
Maximum memory size	65,996.8 MB	65,536 MB

details	Core i7 3970X	3960X
Architecture	x86-64	x86-64
Threads	12	12
L2 cache	2 MB	2 MB
L2 cache per core	0.33 MB/core	0.33 MB/core
L3 cache	15 MB	15 MB
L3 cache per core	2.5 MB/core	2.5 MB/core
Manufacture process	32 nm	32 nm
Max CPUs	1	1
Clock multiplier	35	33
Voltage range	0.6 - 1.35V	0.6 - 1.35V
Operating temperature	Unknown - 66.8°C	Unknown - 66.8°C
overclocking
Overclock popularity	28	156
Overclocked clock speed	4.57 GHz	4.76 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	4.44 GHz	4.58 GHz
PassMark (Overclocked)	7,133.8	7,065.9
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	4.57 GHz	4.76 GHz
integrated graphics
GPU	None	None
Label	N/A	N/A
Latest DirectX	N/A	N/A
Number of displays supported	N/A	N/A
GPU clock speed	N/A	N/A
Turbo clock speed	N/A	N/A
3DMark06	N/A	N/A
bus
Architecture	DMI 2.0	DMI 2.0
Number of links	1	1
Transfer rate	5,000 MT/s	5,000 MT/s

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