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Intel Core i7 5960X
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CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 5960X vs 5820K among desktop CPUs (over 75W)
Performance | |
Benchmark performance using all cores | |
| PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more | |
Single-core Performance | |
Individual core benchmark performance | |
| PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more | |
Integrated Graphics | |
Integrated GPU performance for graphics | |
| Fire Strike | |
Integrated Graphics (OpenCL) | |
Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more | |
Performance per Watt | |
How efficiently does the processor use electricity? | |
| Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more | |
Value | |
Are you paying a premium for performance? | |
| Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more | |
| 5.8 | CPUBoss Score |
Combination of all six facets | |
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| CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the 5960X Extreme Edition vs the 5820K. | |||||||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Core i7 5960X vs 5820K
CompuBench 1.5 (Face detection)
CompuBench 1.5 (Video composition) Data courtesy CompuBench
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Core i7 5960X | vs | 5820K |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 3 GHz | 3.3 GHz | |
| Turbo clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 3.6 GHz | |
| Cores | Octa core | Hexa core | |
| 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 | |||
| SSE4.2 | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| AES | |||
| AVX 2.0 | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 140W | 140W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 33.73 $/year | 33.73 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 122.64 $/year | 122.64 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 7.19 pt/W | 10.79 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 113.75W | 113.75W | |
bus | |||
| Architecture | QPI | QPI | |
| Number of links | 0 | 0 | |
| Transfer rate | 0 MT/s | 0 MT/s | |
| Clock speed | 0 MHz | 0 MHz | |
details | Core i7 5960X | vs | 5820K |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 16 | 12 | |
| L3 cache | 20 MB | 15 MB | |
| L3 cache per core | 2.5 MB/core | 2.5 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 22 nm | 22 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 4.47 GHz | 4.34 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.6 GHz | 4.51 GHz | |
| PassMark (Overclocked) | 8,243.2 | 5,572.2 | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.47 GHz | 4.34 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 | |
memory controller | |||
| Memory controller | Built-in | Built-in | |
| Memory type | |||
| DDR | |||
| DDR4-1333 | |||
| DDR4-1600 | |||
| DDR4-2133 | |||
| Channels | Quad Channel | Quad Channel | |
| Supports ECC | No | No | |
| Maximum memory size | 65,536 MB | 65,536 MB | |
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