Intel Core i9 7960X vs Intel Xeon 6960E+
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2017
May 2026
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Desktop
Server
Instruction Set
x86-64
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Core Architecture
Skylake
Clearwater Forest
Processor Number
i9-7960X
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Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Generation
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Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
3 nm
Socket
LGA-2066
Intel Socket 7529
Power Consumption
165 W
330 W
Peak Operating Temperature
98 °C
98°C
Foundry
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Intel
I/O Process Size
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10 nm
I/O Die Size
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2x 241
Package
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FC-LGA18N
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
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Performance Core Threads
32
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Performance Core Base Frequency
2.8 GHz
2.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.2 GHz
3.2 GHz
Total Core Count
16
144
Total Thread Count
32
144
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
28x
24.0
L1 Cache
64 K per core
96 KB per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
4 MB per module
L3 Cache
22 MB shared
432 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
SMP
-
2
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
DDR5-8000
Max Memory Size
128 GB
1.5 TB
Max Memory Channels
4
12
Max Memory Bandwidth
79.47 GB/s
768.0 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
5
PCIe Lanes
44
96
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
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📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,099
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Cinebench R23
22,189
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Geekbench 6
1,313
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Geekbench 6
9,066
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Passmark CPU
2,489
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Passmark CPU
26,917
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