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Intel Core i7-5960X Extreme Edition [Desktop]

General

Vendor
  • Intel
Family
  • Core i7 Extreme Edition
Model
  • i7-5960X
Architecture
  • Haswell
Core Codenames
  • Haswell-E
Release Dates
  • August, 2014

Package

Package Types
  • 2011-land LGA
Sockets
  • LGA2011-3 (Socket R3)
Lithography
  • 22 nm
Package and Die
  • 52.5 × 45 mm package
  • 356 mm² die area
  • 2.6 billion transistors
Core Steppings
  • M0
  • R2
CPUIDs
  • 306F2
Spec Codes
QFRASR20Q
Part Numbers

Core Configuration

Core Structure

Number of Cores
  • 8
Number of Threads
  • 16
Multi-Threaded Cores
  • Yes (simultaneous)
Core Clock Frequency
  • 3.00 GHz
Turbo Core Clock Frequency
  • 3.50 GHz (1 – 2 cores)
  • 3.30 GHz (3 – 8 cores)
Base Clock Frequency
  • 100 MHz
Clock Multiplier
  • × 30
Unlocked Clock Multiplier
  • Yes

Memory

Level 1 Instruction Cache
  • 32 kB × 8
  • Full-speed
Level 1 Data Cache
  • 32 kB × 8
  • Full-speed
Level 2 Cache
  • 256 kB × 8
  • Full-speed
Level 3 Cache
  • 20 MB
  • Full-speed

Data Connection

Data Bus

Data Connection Type
  • External Direct Media Interface 2.0
  • 4-bit (PCIe 2.0 ×4)
  • Single data rate
DMI Frequency
  • 5000 MHz (initial)
  • 5000 MT/s (effective)

Electrical and Thermal

Power

VID Range
  • 0.6 — 1.3 V
Configurable TDP
  • No
TDP
  • 140 W
Maximum Operating Temperature
  • 67°C

Integrated Graphics

Graphics

Integrated Graphics
  • None

Features

Instruction Sets
  • x86
  • x86_64
Instruction Set Extensions
  • AES
  • AVX1 / AVX2
  • F16C
  • FMA3
  • MMX
  • SSE / SSE2 / SSE3 / SSE4.1 / SSE4.2 / SSSE3
Core Features
  • Hyper-Threading
  • Integrated memory controller (DDR4)
  • Intel 64
  • Turbo Boost 2.0
  • VT-d / VT-x
  • XD
Low-Power Features
  • C-states
  • Enhanced SpeedStep

Compatibility

Platform Support
  • Wellsburg with Wellsburg chipsets
Supported Chipsets
  • Intel X99
Supported RAM Types
  • 64-bit single-channel memory bus
  • 128-bit dual-channel memory bus
  • 192-bit tri-channel memory bus
  • 256-bit quad-channel memory bus
  • DDR4-1333 / DDR4-1600 / DDR4-1866 / DDR4-2133
Maximum Memory Bandwidth
  • Up to 17.072 GB/s (single-channel)
  • Up to 34.144 GB/s (dual-channel)
  • Up to 51.216 GB/s (tri-channel)
  • Up to 68.288 GB/s (quad-channel)
RAM Limit
  • 64 GB

Notes

Notes for This Processor
  1. Boxed processor.
  2. OEM processor.

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