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Benchmarks for the Intel Core i7-3960X can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.
Is the Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
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:
1336th fastest in multithreading out of 4901 CPUs
1785th fastest in single threading out of 4901 CPUs
421st fastest in out of 1399 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $274.85 USD (2023-05-10)
Integer Math | 33,068 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 12,306 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 42 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 21,054 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 2,581 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 142,034 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 714 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 6,216 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 1,799 MOps/Sec |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,998 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,470 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,109 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,596 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,085 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,888 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,257 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,746 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,569 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,152 | |
Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz | 8,445 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
---|---|---|
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 208.45 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 197.20 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 148.20 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 145.39 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 132.58 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.59 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 49.48 | |
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 | 4,620 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,160 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,028 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,902 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,686 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,469 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,361 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,928 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,567 | |
Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz | 1,799 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL2240178 - Nov 08 2024 | 8358 | |
BL2235633 - Nov 02 2024 [Overclocked] | 10837 | |
BL2184760 - Sep 02 2024 [Overclocked] | 10228 | |
BL2180587 - Aug 28 2024 [Overclocked] | 10829 | |
BL2150146 - Jul 21 2024 | 8421 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz | 8,445 | |
Intel Core i7-3930K @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Core i7-3960X | 8,204 (-2.9%) | |
Intel Core i7-980 @ 3.33GHz vs Intel Core i7-3960X | 6,936 (-17.9%) | |
AMD FX-9590 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-3960X | 6,787 (-19.6%) | |
Intel Core i7-5930K @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i7-3960X | 10,326 (+22.3%) | |
Intel Core i5-10300H @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Core i7-3960X | 8,351 (-1.1%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X vs Intel Core i7-3960X | 28,477 (+237.2%) | |
Intel Core i7-5820K @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Core i7-3960X | 9,845 (+16.6%) | |
Intel Core i5-9600T @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Core i7-3960X | 9,633 (+14.1%) | |
Intel Core i7-3970X @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i7-3960X | 8,516 (+0.8%) | |
Intel Core i5-8500T @ 2.10GHz vs Intel Core i7-3960X | 7,736 (-8.4%) | |
Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i7-3960X | 6,467 (-23.4%) | |
Intel Core i7-3770 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i7-3960X | 6,411 (-24.1%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
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AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,266 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 11,058 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,890 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,681 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,329 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,872 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF | 9,751 | |
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF | 9,664 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,510 | |
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,267 | |
Intel Core i9-14900KS | 9,237 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D | 8,929 | |
Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz | 1,639 |