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Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: LGA2011
Clockspeed: 3.3 GHz
Turbo Speed: 3.9 GHz
Cores: 6 Threads: 12
Typical TDP: 130 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 6 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 15 MB
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3960X CPU @ 3.30GHz, Intel Core i7-3960X CPU @ 3.30GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2011
CPUmark/$Price: 30.73
Overall Rank:
1251st fastest in multithreading out of 4757 CPUs
1700th fastest in single threading out of 4757 CPUs
389th fastest in out of 1368 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $274.85 USD (2023-05-10)
Integer Math | 33,076 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 12,307 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 42 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 21,066 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 2,580 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 142,044 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 716 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 6,212 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 1,801 MOps/Sec |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 59,260 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,472 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,156 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,622 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,043 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,898 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,287 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,755 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,537 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,177 | |
Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz | 8,446 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
---|---|---|
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 236.83 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 168.46 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 167.33 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 150.53 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 134.68 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.65 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 55.42 | |
Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz | 30.73 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,630 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,166 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,033 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,921 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,837 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,697 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,470 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,360 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,930 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,567 | |
Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz | 1,801 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL2142283 - Jul 10 2024 | 9355 | |
BL2139987 - Jul 07 2024 | 9315 | |
BL2135426 - Jul 01 2024 | 9367 | |
BL2133649 - Jun 28 2024 | 9237 | |
BL2131920 - Jun 26 2024 | 8616 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz | 8,446 | |
Intel Core i7-3970X @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i7-3960X | 8,541 (+1.1%) | |
Intel Core i7-980 @ 3.33GHz vs Intel Core i7-3960X | 6,926 (-18.0%) | |
AMD FX-9590 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-3960X | 6,771 (-19.8%) | |
Intel Core i7-5930K @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i7-3960X | 10,321 (+22.2%) | |
Intel Core i7-8700T @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Core i7-3960X | 10,165 (+20.3%) | |
Intel Core i5-10300H @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Core i7-3960X | 8,405 (-0.5%) | |
Intel Core i7-3930K @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Core i7-3960X | 8,209 (-2.8%) | |
Intel Core i7-5820K @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Core i7-3960X | 9,839 (+16.5%) | |
Intel Core i5-9600T @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Core i7-3960X | 9,602 (+13.7%) | |
Intel Core i5-8500T @ 2.10GHz vs Intel Core i7-3960X | 7,734 (-8.4%) | |
Intel Core i7-990X @ 3.47GHz vs Intel Core i7-3960X | 7,110 (-15.8%) | |
Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i7-3960X | 6,465 (-23.5%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-14900KS | 9,335 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 9,273 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 9,030 | |
Intel Core i9-13900KS | 8,525 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 8,388 | |
Intel Core i9-14900K | 8,112 | |
Intel Core i9-14900KF | 8,009 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D | 7,884 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 7,790 | |
Intel Core i7-13790F | 7,746 | |
Intel Core i7-14700K | 7,536 | |
Intel Core i7-14700KF | 7,536 | |
Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz | 1,911 |