Intel Core i9 7960X vs Intel Xeon D-1540
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2017
Mar 2015
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Desktop
Server
Instruction Set
x86-64
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Core Architecture
Skylake
Broadwell
Processor Number
i9-7960X
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Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Generation
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Xeon D (Broadwell-DE)
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
14 nm
Socket
LGA-2066
Intel BGA 1667
Power Consumption
165 W
45 W
Peak Operating Temperature
98 °C
80 °C
Transistor Count
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3.2 billions
Foundry
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Intel
Die Size
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246 mm²
Package
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FC-BGA14C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
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Performance Core Threads
32
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Performance Core Base Frequency
2.8 GHz
2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.2 GHz
2.6 GHz
Total Core Count
16
8
Total Thread Count
32
16
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
28x
20.0
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
22 MB shared
1.5 MB per core
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
SMP
-
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
DDR3,DDR4
Max Memory Size
128 GB
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Max Memory Channels
4
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
79.47 GB/s
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ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
3
PCIe Lanes
44
24
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
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📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,099
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Cinebench R23
22,189
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Geekbench 6
1,313
834
Geekbench 6
9,066
4,483
Passmark CPU
2,489
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Passmark CPU
26,917
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