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September 2014
(90%)
249 Reviews
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Okay so let's get down to the nuts and bolts. Haswell-E is a major performance jump over Ivy Bridge-E, even when considering the lower clock speed. Having the two extra cores does make up for the clock speed deficit in most benchmarks but I did find a f...
Decreased Frequency Compared to Core i7 4960X, DDR4 Memory Still in Infancy
Where to start? Hmm. I'm actually not going to go through a breakdown of benchmarks like I normally do and you are probably used to seeing. I am actually going to start with what has not changed since the Ivy Bridge 4960X processor. The Intel 5960X is s...
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Published: 2014-08-29, Author: Marco , review by: hothardware.com
Killer MultiThread Performance, Huge Cache, HaswellBased EUs, Lower Power
Pricey, Relatively Low Clocks, Lower Single Thread Perf In Some Tests
Intel Core i7 and Core i7 Extreme Processor PackagingThe Core i7-5960X and X99 chipset mark the first major overhaul to Intel's enthusiast-class desktop line-up since 2011, when Sandy Bridge-E and the X79 Express first hit the scene. In many respects, Has...
Again we apologize for this brief look at Intel's latest enthusiast platform. Two days of testing is absolutely any reviewers nightmare to explore a totally new platform plus memory. On top of that the non retail motherboard we used for testing also was n...
Where should we begin? The Intel Core i7-5960X is an impressive processor from a multi-thread perspective. In applications where you can fully utilize the 8-cores and 16-threads there are significant performance improvements to be had. The down side to ha...
Abstract: It was a glorious thing when Intel released its Gulftown-based Core i7-980X in early 2010. It was the first desktop CPU out of the company that featured six cores, and it felt like a relative boon to those, like me, who run virtual machines, encode video,...
The new Haswell-E processor is a great piece of engineering and technology from Intel. I am extremely happy to see that it did not let the marketing department run off at the mouth this time around as well. Most of Intel's technology does better at the in...
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Published: 2014-08-29, Author: Scott , review by: Techreport.com
I'd say we've compiled enough performance data. Let's summarize with a couple of our infamous power-performance scatter plots. The first one is based on a geometric mean of all of our non-gaming application tests, and the second one focuses on our frame-...
Published: 2014-08-29, Author: Ryan , review by: pcper.com
There are a lot of directions to go with the conclusion to this review. But let's start here: the Intel Core i7-5960X is easily the fastest consumer processor we have ever had in our hands. With eight Haswell processing cores, and the ability to handle 16...
Benchmark Reviews is hard at work evaluating this new CPU with an ASUS X99-DELUXE motherboard and 16GB of Corsair DDR4 memory, and we'll have the results for you soon. Given that the individual cores in the Intel Core i7-5960X processor should be virtual...
