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Intel Core i7-960 vs Intel Xeon E7-4890 v2

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 79 %
Intel Core i7-960
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Xeon E7-4890 v2
Multi-core performance
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Intel Core i7-960
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Intel Xeon E7-4890 v2
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i7-960
4C / 8T · 3.46 GHz
576
Intel Xeon E7-4890 v2
15C / 30T · 3.40 GHz
731

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At a glance

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Intel Core i7-960Intel Xeon E7-4890 v2
FamilyIntel Core i7 (300)Intel Xeon E7 (20)
CPU groupIntel Core i7 900 (7)Intel Xeon E7 v2 (20)
ArchitectureBloomfieldIvy Bridge EX
Technology45 nm22 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1366LGA 2011
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i7-960Intel Xeon E7-4890 v2
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 815 / 30
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 15x
Frequency: 3.20 GHz 2.80 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.46 GHz 3.40 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 3.40 GHz
L2-Cache1.00 MB
L3-Cache8.00 MB38.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i7-960Intel Xeon E7-4890 v2
GPU nameno iGPUno iGPU
GPU frequency
CUs / Shader / /
Raytracing
Max. displays
Max. GPU Memory
Technology
Release date

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i7-960Intel Xeon E7-4890 v2
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i7-960Intel Xeon E7-4890 v2
MemoryDDR3-1066 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory24 GB1536 GB
Memory channels34
ECCNoYes
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i7-960Intel Xeon E7-4890 v2
TDP130 W155 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Intel Core i7-960Intel Xeon E7-4890 v2
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release dateQ4/2009Q1/2014
Release price305 $4850 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i7-960
Intel Core i7-960
4C / 8T · 3.20 - 3.46 GHz
Intel Xeon E7-4890 v2
Intel Xeon E7-4890 v2
15C / 30T · 2.80 - 3.40 GHz

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Intel Core i7-960
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