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Intel Core i7-2960XM
Benchmarks & Specs

Name: Intel Core i7-2960XM
Brand: Intel
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)

Last updated: 2025-07-25

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

The Intel Core i7-2960XM has 4 cores with 8 threads and is based on the 2. gen of the Intel Core i7 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the PGA 988 socket and was released in Q4/2011. The Intel Core i7-2960XM scores 733 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 2,710 points.

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 636 / 834
In segment Notebook

Multi-core performance

Rank ? / ?
In segment Notebook

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.40 GHz

646

2C / 4T · 2.00 GHz

644

4C / 8T · 3.70 GHz

640

4C / 8T · 3.30 GHz

637

2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

635

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

2C / 4T · 3.50 GHz

738

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

734

4C / 8T · 3.70 GHz

733

4C / 8T · 3.40 GHz

731

4C / 8T · 3.40 GHz

731

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

4C / 8T · 2.60 GHz

2,721

4C / 4T · 1.60 GHz

2,712

4C / 8T · 2.70 GHz

2,710

4C / 8T · 3.00 GHz

2,698

2C / 4T · 3.00 GHz

2,696

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 3000

250

Intel HD Graphics 3000

250

Intel HD Graphics 3000

250

AMD Radeon HD 7540D

246

AMD Radeon HD 7540D

246

More benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Property	Value
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Intel Core i 2000M (46)
Architecture	Sandy Bridge H
Technology	32 nm
Segment	Notebook
Socket	PGA 988
Generation	2
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Property	Value
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓
Core architecture	normal
Cores:	4x
Frequency:	2.70 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	3.70 GHz
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores):
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	8.00 MB
Overclocking	No

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Property	Value
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 3000
GPU frequency	0.65 - 1.30 GHz
CUs / Shader	12 / 96
Raytracing	✗
Max. displays	2
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
Technology	32 nm
Release date	Q1/2011

NPU AI performance

Property	Value
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Memory type	Memory bandwidth
DDR3-1066 DDR3-1333 DDR3-1600	17.1 GB/s 21.3 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
Property	Value
Max. Memory	32 GB
Memory channels	2
ECC	✗
PCIe	2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Property	Value
TDP	55 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C

Technical details

Property	Value
Chip design	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release date	Q4/2011
Release price	570 $
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

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