Intel Core i9-7960X Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i9-7960X was released in Q4/2017 and has 16 cores. The processor can process 32 threads simultaneously and uses a mainboard with the socket LGA 2066. In the Geekbench 5 benchmark, the Intel Core i9-7960X achieved a result of 1,121 points (single-core) or 13,468 points (multi-core).
Intel Core i9-7960X

CPU lineage

In this classification you can see to which group of processors the Intel Core i9-7960X belongs. We also show the direct predecessor and successor of Intel Core i9-7960X.

Name: Intel Core i9-7960X
Family: Intel Core i9 (78)
CPU group: Intel Core i 7000X (9)
Architecture: Skylake X
Segment: Desktop / Server
Generation: 7
Predecessor: --
Successor: Intel Core i9-9960X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i9-7960X has 16 cores. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i9-7960X is 2.80 GHz (4.20 GHz). An initial performance assessment can be made using the number of CPU cores.

CPU Cores / Threads: 16 / 32
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 16x
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: Yes
Frequency: 2.80 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 4.20 GHz
Turbo Frequency (16 Cores): 3.60 GHz

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i9-7960X supports a maximum of 128 GB memory. Depending on the mainboard, the processor can use a maximum of 4 (Quad Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum bandwidth of the main memory of 85.4 GB/s.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR4-2666
85.4 GB/s
Max. Memory: 128 GB
Memory channels: 4 (Quad Channel)
ECC: No
PCIe: 3.0 x 44
PCIe Bandwidth: 43.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Intel Core i9-7960X has a TDP of 165 W. Based on the TDP, the system manufacturer can and must adapt the cooling solution to the processor.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 165 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: --

Technical details

Modern production reduces the waste heat of a processor and increases its efficiency. The Intel Core i9-7960X is made in 14 nm and has 22.00 MB cache.

Technology: 14 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: LGA 2066
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 22.00 MB
AES-NI: Yes
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
Release date: Q4/2017
Release price: 1699 $
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i9-7960X have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.


Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon W-3275 Intel Xeon W-3275
28C 56T @ 4.60 GHz
1107
Intel Xeon W-3275M Intel Xeon W-3275M
28C 56T @ 4.60 GHz
1107
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 AMD Ryzen 3 3100
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
1105
Intel Core i9-7960X Intel Core i9-7960X
16C 32T @ 4.20 GHz
1103
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
32C 64T @ 4.20 GHz
1103
Intel Core i7-10510U Intel Core i7-10510U
4C 8T @ 4.80 GHz
1102
Intel Core i5-10505 Intel Core i5-10505
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz
1097

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i7-12700K Intel Core i7-12700K
12C 20T @ 4.70 GHz
22812
Intel Core i7-12700KF Intel Core i7-12700KF
12C 20T @ 4.70 GHz
22812
Intel Core i9-12900T Intel Core i9-12900T
16C 24T @ 3.40 GHz
22804
Intel Core i9-7960X Intel Core i9-7960X
16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz
22189
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12C 24T @ 4.50 GHz
21878
Intel Core i7-12700F Intel Core i7-12700F
12C 20T @ 4.00 GHz
21568
Intel Core i7-12700 Intel Core i7-12700
12C 20T @ 4.00 GHz
21568

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i9-8950HK Intel Core i9-8950HK
6C 12T @ 4.80 GHz
1124
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+ Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+
8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
1123
AMD Ryzen 7 4700S AMD Ryzen 7 4700S
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
1122
Intel Core i9-7960X Intel Core i9-7960X
16C 32T @ 4.20 GHz
1121
Intel Core i9-9820X Intel Core i9-9820X
10C 20T @ 4.20 GHz
1121
Intel Core i9-7980XE Intel Core i9-7980XE
18C 36T @ 4.20 GHz
1121
Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
1121

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4
22C 44T @ 2.80 GHz
13547
Intel Core i5-13600 Intel Core i5-13600
14C 20T @ 4.40 GHz
13534
Intel Xeon Gold 5220 Intel Xeon Gold 5220
18C 36T @ 2.50 GHz
13522
Intel Core i9-7960X Intel Core i9-7960X
16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz
13468
Intel Xeon D-2796TE Intel Xeon D-2796TE
20C 40T @ 2.50 GHz
13457
Intel Core i9-12900E Intel Core i9-12900E
16C 24T @ 4.00 GHz
13420
Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU) Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
11C 11T @ 3.80 GHz
13255

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core i5-8600 Intel Core i5-8600
6C 6T @ 4.20 GHz
1402
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
1402
Intel Xeon W-3265M Intel Xeon W-3265M
24C 48T @ 4.60 GHz
1396
Intel Core i9-7960X Intel Core i9-7960X
16C 32T @ 4.20 GHz
1394
Intel Core i9-9820X Intel Core i9-9820X
10C 20T @ 4.20 GHz
1394
Intel Core i3-9100F Intel Core i3-9100F
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
1394
Intel Core i3-9100 Intel Core i3-9100
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
1394

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Apple M3 Apple M3
8C 8T @ 4.06 GHz
11863
Intel Core i9-10980XE Intel Core i9-10980XE
18C 36T @ 4.30 GHz
11836
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
16C 32T @ 4.00 GHz
11830
Intel Core i9-7960X Intel Core i9-7960X
16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz
11810
Intel Xeon W-3245M Intel Xeon W-3245M
16C 32T @ 4.00 GHz
11766
Intel Core i9-10940X Intel Core i9-10940X
14C 28T @ 4.20 GHz
11762
Intel Core i9-7980XE Intel Core i9-7980XE
18C 36T @ 3.50 GHz
11708

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Xeon Gold 6208U Intel Xeon Gold 6208U
16C 32T @ 2.60 GHz
27092
Intel Core i7-13620H Intel Core i7-13620H
10C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
27060
Intel Core i7-12650HX Intel Core i7-12650HX
14C 20T @ 2.00 GHz
27035
Intel Core i9-7960X Intel Core i9-7960X
16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz
27022
Intel Xeon Gold 6230 Intel Xeon Gold 6230
20C 40T @ 2.50 GHz
26897
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
26815
AMD Ryzen 5 7500F AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz
26770

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
Intel Core i9-12900KS Intel Core i9-12900KS
16C 24T @ 5.20 GHz
87
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
16C 32T @ 2.50 GHz
94
Intel Core i9-9960X Intel Core i9-9960X
16C 32T @ 4.10 GHz
104.3
Intel Core i9-7960X Intel Core i9-7960X
16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz
111.4
Intel Core i9-10920X Intel Core i9-10920X
12C 24T @ 4.40 GHz
115.3
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
12C 24T @ 4.00 GHz
115.9
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
16C 32T @ 3.50 GHz
116.3

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
12C 24T @ 3.80 GHz
8183
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT
12C 24T @ 4.10 GHz
8118
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
16C 22T @ 2.30 GHz
8097
Intel Core i9-7960X Intel Core i9-7960X
16C 32T @ 2.80 GHz
8088
AMD Ryzen 9 3900 AMD Ryzen 9 3900
12C 24T @ 3.10 GHz
7875
Intel Core i7-12700KF Intel Core i7-12700KF
12C 20T @ 3.60 GHz
7822
Intel Core i7-12700K Intel Core i7-12700K
12C 20T @ 3.60 GHz
7761

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-7700 Intel Core i7-7700
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
186
Intel Xeon E3-1270 v6 Intel Xeon E3-1270 v6
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
186
Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6 Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
186
Intel Core i9-7960X Intel Core i9-7960X
16C 32T @ 4.20 GHz
184
Intel Core i7-9750HF Intel Core i7-9750HF
6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz
184
Intel Core i9-9820X Intel Core i9-9820X
10C 20T @ 4.20 GHz
184
Intel Core i7-9750H Intel Core i7-9750H
6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz
184

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon W-2275 Intel Xeon W-2275
14C 28T @ 4.00 GHz
3179
Intel Core i5-13500 Intel Core i5-13500
14C 20T @ 4.20 GHz
3174
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
12C 24T @ 4.00 GHz
3168
Intel Core i9-7960X Intel Core i9-7960X
16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz
3161
Intel Xeon Gold 6152 Intel Xeon Gold 6152
22C 44T @ 2.60 GHz
3157
AMD EPYC 7401 AMD EPYC 7401
24C 48T @ 2.80 GHz
3156
AMD EPYC 7401P AMD EPYC 7401P
24C 48T @ 2.80 GHz
3156

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