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Intel Core i7-960 vs Sony Playstation 5
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i7-960
58 %
4C / 8T · 3.46 GHz
Sony Playstation 5
100 %
8C / 16T · 3.50 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i7-960
36 %
4C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
Sony Playstation 5
100 %
8C / 16T · 3.50 GHz
More benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
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Cinebench R23 (MC)
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Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
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Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries
666 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries
615 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
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CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-960 | Sony Playstation 5 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i7 (300) | AMD Ryzen 7 (79) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i7 900 (7) | AMD Ryzen 4000G (26) |
| Architecture | Bloomfield | Renoir (Zen 2) |
| Technology | 45 nm | 7 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Socket | LGA 1366 | BGA |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-960 | Sony Playstation 5 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 8 | 8 / 16 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 4x | 8x Zen 2 |
| Frequency: | 3.20 GHz | 3.00 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 3.46 GHz | 3.50 GHz |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 3.50 GHz | |
| L2-Cache | 1.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 8.00 MB | 8.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-960 | Sony Playstation 5 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | no iGPU | AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (Playstation 5) |
| GPU frequency | 2.23 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | / | 36 / 2304 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 8 GB | |
| Technology | 7 nm | |
| Release date | Q3/2021 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-960 | Sony Playstation 5 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-960 | Sony Playstation 5 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR3-1066 (25.6 GB/s) | GDDR6 (448.0 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 24 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory channels | 3 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 x 12 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 23.6 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-960 | Sony Playstation 5 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 130 W | 105 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | 125 W | |
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-960 | Sony Playstation 5 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 |
| Release date | Q4/2009 | Q3/2020 |
| Release price | 305 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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