Intel Core i9 7960X vs Intel Xeon E3-1240L v3
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2017
May 2014
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Desktop
Server
Instruction Set
x86-64
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Core Architecture
Skylake
Haswell-WS
Processor Number
i9-7960X
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Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Generation
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Xeon E3 (Haswell-WS)
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
22 nm
Socket
LGA-2066
Intel Socket 1150
Power Consumption
165 W
25 W
Peak Operating Temperature
98 °C
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Transistor Count
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1.4 billions
Foundry
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Intel
Die Size
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160 mm²
Package
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FC-LGA12C
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 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.2 GHz
3 GHz
Total Core Count
16
4
Total Thread Count
32
8
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
28x
20.0
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
22 MB shared
8 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
SMP
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1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
DDR3-1600
Max Memory Size
128 GB
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Max Memory Channels
4
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
79.47 GB/s
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ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
3
PCIe Lanes
44
16
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
895
Geekbench 6
9,066
2,669
Passmark CPU
2,489
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Passmark CPU
26,917
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.