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Intel Core i9-7960X vs Intel Core2 Duo E6540
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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 i9-7960X
100 %
16C / 32T · 4.20 GHz
2C / 2T · 2.33 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i9-7960X
100 %
16C / 32T · 3.60 GHz
2C / 2T · 2.33 GHz
More benchmarks
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Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
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Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
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Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
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Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
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PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries
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CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
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Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 entries
Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries
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Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries
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Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries
826 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries
837 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Intel Core i9-7960X | Intel Core2 Duo E6540 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i9 (81) | Intel Core2 Duo (29) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i 7000X (9) | Intel Core 2 Duo E4000/E6000 (15) |
| Architecture | Skylake X | Conroe (Core) |
| Technology | 14 nm | 65 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Socket | LGA 2066 | LGA 775 |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor | Intel Core i9-9960X |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Intel Core i9-7960X | Intel Core2 Duo E6540 |
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| CPU Cores / Threads | 16 / 32 | 2 / 2 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 16x | 2x |
| Frequency: | 2.80 GHz | 2.33 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 4.20 GHz | |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 3.60 GHz | |
| L2-Cache | 4.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 22.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✓ | ✓ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Intel Core i9-7960X | Intel Core2 Duo E6540 |
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| GPU name | no iGPU | no iGPU |
| GPU frequency | ||
| CUs / Shader | / | / |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | ||
| Max. GPU Memory | ||
| Technology | ||
| Release date |
NPU AI performance
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Intel Core i9-7960X | Intel Core2 Duo E6540 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Intel Core i9-7960X | Intel Core2 Duo E6540 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR4-2666 (85.4 GB/s) | DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s) DDR2-1066 (17.1 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 128 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory channels | 4 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 44 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 43.3 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Intel Core i9-7960X | Intel Core2 Duo E6540 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 165 W | 65 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Intel Core i9-7960X | Intel Core2 Duo E6540 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| 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, AVX2, AVX-512 | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3 |
| Release date | Q4/2017 | Q3/2007 |
| Release price | 1699 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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