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Intel Core i7 5960X

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Benchmarks Real world tests of Core i7 5960X vs 5820K

CompuBench 1.5 (Face detection)

Core i7 5960X
10.69 mPixels/s
Core i7 5820K
6.74 mPixels/s

CompuBench 1.5 (Video composition) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i7 5960X
5.39 fps
Core i7 5820K
3.71 fps

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 5960X
26,400
Core i7 5820K
19,546

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 5960X
3,657
Core i7 5820K
3,412

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 5960X
4,120,000 MB/s
Core i7 5820K
4,050,000 MB/s

GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 5960X
27,898
Core i7 5820K
20,764

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Core i7 5960X
15,994
Core i7 5820K
12,995

PassMark (Single Core)

Core i7 5960X
1,994
Core i7 5820K
2,017

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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