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Intel Core i7-5960X vs Intel Core2 Duo E6700

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-5960X
Rank 2 - 36 %
Intel Core2 Duo E6700
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-5960X
Rank 2 - 8 %
Intel Core2 Duo E6700
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i7-5960X
8C / 16T · 3.50 GHz
1,002
Intel Core2 Duo E6700
2C / 2T · 2.66 GHz
365
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i7-5960X
8C / 16T · 3.20 GHz
7,843
Intel Core2 Duo E6700
2C / 2T · 2.66 GHz
617

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At a glance

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Intel Core i7-5960XIntel Core2 Duo E6700
FamilyIntel Core i7 Extreme Edition (24)Intel Core2 Duo (29)
CPU groupIntel Core i 5000X (3)Intel Core 2 Duo E4000/E6000 (15)
ArchitectureHaswell EConroe (Core)
Technology22 nm65 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 2011-3LGA 775
PredecessorIntel Core i7-4960X
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i7-5960XIntel Core2 Duo E6700
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 162 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 8x 2x
Frequency: 3.00 GHz 2.66 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.50 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 3.20 GHz
L2-Cache4.00 MB
L3-Cache20.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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GPU nameno iGPUno iGPU
GPU frequency
CUs / Shader / /
Raytracing
Max. displays
Max. GPU Memory
Technology
Release date

NPU AI performance

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AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i7-5960XIntel Core2 Duo E6700
MemoryDDR4-2133 (68.2 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR2-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory64 GB16 GB
Memory channels42
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 40
PCIe Bandwidth39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i7-5960XIntel Core2 Duo E6700
TDP140 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Intel Core i7-5960XIntel Core2 Duo E6700
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3
Release dateQ3/2014Q3/2006
Release price829 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i7-5960X
Intel Core i7-5960X
8C / 16T · 3.00 - 3.50 GHz
Intel Core2 Duo E6700
Intel Core2 Duo E6700
2C / 2T · 2.66 GHz

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