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Intel Core i7-960 vs AMD Opteron X3216
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i7-960
100 %
4C / 8T · 3.46 GHz
AMD Opteron X3216
87 %
2C / 2T · 3.00 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i7-960
100 %
4C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
AMD Opteron X3216
36 %
2C / 2T · 1.60 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i7-960
100 %
4C / 8T · 3.46 GHz
AMD Opteron X3216
79 %
2C / 2T · 3.00 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i7-960
100 %
4C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
AMD Opteron X3216
32 %
2C / 2T · 1.60 GHz
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-960 | AMD Opteron X3216 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i7 (300) | AMD Opteron (4) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i7 900 (7) | AMD Opteron X3000 (3) |
| Architecture | Bloomfield | Toronto (Excavator) |
| Technology | 45 nm | 28 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Server |
| Socket | LGA 1366 | FP4 |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-960 | AMD Opteron X3216 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 8 | 2 / 2 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 4x | 2x |
| Frequency: | 3.20 GHz | 1.60 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 3.46 GHz | 3.00 GHz |
| Turbo (All Cores): | ||
| L2-Cache | 1.00 MB | 1.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 8.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-960 | AMD Opteron X3216 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | no iGPU | AMD Radeon R7 - 256 (Toronto) |
| GPU frequency | 0.80 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | / | 4 / 256 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | ||
| Technology | ||
| Release date |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-960 | AMD Opteron X3216 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-960 | AMD Opteron X3216 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR3-1066 (25.6 GB/s) | DDR4-1600 (25.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 24 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory channels | 3 | 2 |
| ECC | No | Yes |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 8 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 7.9 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-960 | AMD Opteron X3216 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 130 W | 15 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 12 W | |
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-960 | AMD Opteron X3216 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Unknown |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | Windows 10, Linux |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2 | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 |
| Release date | Q4/2009 | Q2/2015 |
| Release price | 305 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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