Intel Core i7-5960X vs Intel Core i7-8700

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket 2011-3 Intel Socket 1151
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 22 nm 14 nm
Transistors 2,600 million unknown
Die size 356 mm² 154 mm²
Package FC-LGA1151
tCaseMax 72°C

Performance

Frequency 3 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.5 GHz up to 4.6 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 30.0x 32.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
TDP 140 W 65 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status Active Active
Release date Sep 1st, 2014 Jan 1st, 2018
Codename Haswell-E Coffee Lake
Generation Core i7 Core i7
Part SR20Q SR3QS
Memory support DDR4 DDR4-2666 MHz Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2 Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Cores

Total Cores 8 6
Total Threads 16 12
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 20MB (shared) 12MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

AES-NI Yes Yes
AVX Yes Yes
AVX2 Yes Yes
BMI1 Yes Yes
BMI2 Yes Yes
Boost 2.0 Yes Yes
CLMUL Yes Yes
EIST Yes Yes
F16C Yes Yes
FMA3 Yes Yes
HTT Yes Yes
Intel 64 Yes Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.2 Yes Yes
SSSE3 Yes Yes
TSX Yes Yes
TXT Yes Yes
VT-d Yes Yes
VT-x Yes Yes
XD bit Yes Yes

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