Intel Core i7-880 vs Intel Core i7-960

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket 1156 Intel Socket 1366
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 45 nm 45 nm
Transistors 774 million 731 million
Die size 296 mm² 263 mm²
Package FC-LGA8 FC-LGA8

Performance

Frequency 3.066 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.733 GHz up to 3.466 GHz
Base clock 133 MHz 133 MHz
Multiplier 23.0x 24.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.4 V 1.375 V
TDP 95 W 130 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date May 30th, 2010 Oct 20th, 2009
Codename Lynnfield Bloomfield
Generation Core i7 Core i7
Part SLBPS SLBEU
Memory support DDR3 Dual-channel DDR3 Triple-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2, 16 Lanes(CPU only) Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 8 8
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics

Cache

Cache L1 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 256K (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 8MB (shared) 8MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

EIST Yes
HTT Yes Yes
Intel 64 Yes Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SMT Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4 Yes
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4.2 Yes Yes
SSSE3 Yes
TBT Yes
TXT Yes Yes
VT-d Yes
VT-x Yes Yes
XD-Bit Yes Yes

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