Intel Core 3 304 vs Intel Core i7 5960X
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Apr 2026
Aug 2014
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Core Architecture
Wildcat Lake
Haswell E
Integrated Graphics
Intel Xe3 Graphics (1 Xe)
N/A
Generation
Core 3 (Wildcat Lake)
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Instruction Set
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x86-64
Processor Number
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i7-5960X
Package
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
22 nm
Socket
Intel BGA 1516
LGA-2011-3
Power Consumption
15 W
140 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
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Foundry
Intel
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Package
FC-BGA
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Transistor Count
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2.6 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
1
8
Performance Core Threads
2
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
1.5 GHz
3.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.3 GHz
3.5 GHz
Efficiency Cores
4
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Efficiency Core Threads
4
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Efficiency Core Base Frequency
1400 MHz
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Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.3 GHz
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Total Core Count
5
8
Total Thread Count
5
16
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
15.0
30x
L1 Cache
192 KB
64 K per core
L2 Cache
2.5 MB
256 K per core
L3 Cache
6 MB shared
20 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
SMP
1
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Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-6400, LPDDR5-6400X-7467
DDR4-2133
Max Memory Size
64 GB
64 GB
Max Memory Channels
1
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
59.7 GB/s
68 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4
3.0
PCIe Lanes
6
40
Extended Instruction Set
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SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmark
Geekbench 6
2,472
1,244
Geekbench 6
6,708
6,669
Cinebench R23
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1,057
Cinebench R23
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9,850
Passmark CPU
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1,963
Passmark CPU
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12,655
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.