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Intel Core i7-4960X vs Intel Core i7-8705G

Last updated: 2026-07-01

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 65 %

Intel Core i7-4960X

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-8705G

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-4960X

Rank 2 - 93 %

Intel Core i7-8705G

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

757

4C / 8T · 4.10 GHz

1,360

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

3,062

4C / 8T · 3.60 GHz

4,354

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

806

4C / 8T · 4.10 GHz

1,082

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

5,189

4C / 8T · 3.60 GHz

3,862

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

151 cb

4C / 8T · 4.10 GHz

174 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

1,092 cb

4C / 8T · 3.60 GHz

809 cb

More benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4960X	Intel Core i7-8705G
Family	Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition (24)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Intel Core i 4000X (3)	Intel Core i 8000G (5)
Architecture	Ivy Bridge E	Kaby Lake G Refresh
Technology	22 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Notebook
Socket	LGA 2011	BGA 2270
Predecessor
Successor	Intel Core i7-5960X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4960X	Intel Core i7-8705G
CPU Cores / Threads	6 / 12	4 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	6x	4x
Frequency:	3.60 GHz	3.10 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.00 GHz	4.10 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.00 GHz	3.60 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	15.00 MB	8.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4960X	Intel Core i7-8705G
GPU name	no iGPU	AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL
GPU frequency		0.93 - 1.01 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	20 / 1280
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays		6
Max. GPU Memory		4 GB
Technology		14 nm
Release date		Q1/2018

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4960X	Intel Core i7-8705G
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4960X	Intel Core i7-8705G
Memory	DDR3-1866 (59.7 GB/s)	DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 GB	64 GB
Memory channels	4	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 40	3.0 x 8
PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s	7.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4960X	Intel Core i7-8705G
TDP	130 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4960X	Intel Core i7-8705G
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q3/2013	Q1/2018
Release price	960 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i7-4960X is 4.5 stars (11 ratings), while Intel Core i7-8705G has received 5.0 stars (1 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i7-4960X
6C / 12T · 3.60 - 4.00 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-8705G
4C / 8T · 3.10 - 4.10 GHz

★★★★★