Intel Core i7 10700F vs Intel Core i9 7960X
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2020
Sep 2017
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Comet Lake
Skylake
Processor Number
i7-10700F
i9-7960X
Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
14 nm
Socket
LGA-1200
LGA-2066
Power Consumption
65 W
165 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
98 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
16
Performance Core Threads
16
32
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.9 GHz
2.8 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.8 GHz
4.2 GHz
Total Core Count
8
16
Total Thread Count
16
32
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
29x
28x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
22 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2933
DDR4-2666
Max Memory Size
128 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
45.8 GB/s
79.47 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
44
Extended Instruction Set
—
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,249
1,099
Cinebench R23
12,149
22,189
Geekbench 6
1,608
1,313
Geekbench 5
1,213
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Geekbench 6
8,118
9,066
Geekbench 5
8,003
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Blender
169
—
Passmark CPU
2,890
2,489
Passmark CPU
16,898
26,917
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.