Intel Core i7 4960X Ivy Bridge-E (Ivy Bridge Extreme Edition) processor compared to numerous other Intel and AMD CPUs. Benchmarking from Ubuntu 13.10 with the Linux 3.11 kernel. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel (MichaelLarabel.com) for a future article on Phoronix.com reviewing the Intel Core i7 4960X EE on Linux.
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Intel Core i7 4960X Ivy Bridge Extreme Edition,
"TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2z - Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping",
Higher Results Are Better
"AMD FX-8350",124.716,124.156,124.1
"Intel Core i3 2120",64.8651,65.0254,64.8853
"Intel Core i5 2400S",83.1974,83.3806,83.2321
"Intel Core i5 2500K",99.0452,99.3897,99.2319
"Intel Core i5 3470",110.867,108.776,111.782
"Intel Core i7 3770K",142.418,143.464,142.118
"Intel Core i7 3960X",186.13,187.063,188.225
"Intel Core i7 4770K",163.452,159.954,163.287
"Intel Core i7 4960X",178.317,178.584,177.841
"Intel Core i7 4960X @ 4.30GHz",209.556,210.022,209.196
"VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 - vpxenc",
Higher Results Are Better
"AMD FX-8350",22.92,22.92,23.43
"Intel Core i3 2120",17.96,18.4,18.14
"Intel Core i5 2400S",22.6,22.77,23.08
"Intel Core i5 2500K",28.83,29.64,29.28
"Intel Core i5 3470",30.53,31.52,31.69
"Intel Core i7 3770K",27.6,27.78,28.21
"Intel Core i7 3960X",27.67,29.21,29.19
"Intel Core i7 4770K",28.63,28.92,28.76
"Intel Core i7 4960X",29,28.9,29.84
"Intel Core i7 4960X @ 4.30GHz",33.42,34.1,34.16
"x264 2013-06-08 - H.264 Video Encoding",
Higher Results Are Better
"AMD FX-8350",157.07,159.45,159.76,159.22,159.58
"Intel Core i3 2120",66.98,68.23,68.34,68.39,68.66
"Intel Core i5 2400S",81.98,83.71,83.42,83.96,83.69
"Intel Core i5 2500K",102.36,103.63,104.5,104.4,104.89
"Intel Core i5 3470",110.37,112.8,112.15,112.6,112.89
"Intel Core i7 3770K",151.43,153.79,152.61,152.29,152.75
"Intel Core i7 3960X",210.57,217.54,215.99,218.87,218.61
"Intel Core i7 4770K",178.51,181.4,182.99,182.38,182.31
"Intel Core i7 4960X",220.7,223.02,221.75,222.62,223.97
"Intel Core i7 4960X @ 4.30GHz",253.61,260.64,257.48,258.03,257.93
"Fhourstones 3.1 - Complex Connect-4 Solving",
Higher Results Are Better
"AMD FX-8350",10127.4,10138.2,10155
"Intel Core i3 2120",10074.8,10071,10082
"Intel Core i5 2400S",9975.5,9980.1,9984.4
"Intel Core i5 2500K",10878.1,10889.4,10845.1
"Intel Core i5 3470",11000.2,10935.5,10964.1
"Intel Core i7 3770K",11781.7,11742.6,11718.4
"Intel Core i7 3960X",11979.7,11985,12038
"Intel Core i7 4770K",12709.7,12819.4,12822.2
"Intel Core i7 4960X",12533.4,12552.7,12527.9
"Intel Core i7 4960X @ 4.30GHz",13059.7,13212.4,13228.5
"Himeno Benchmark 3.0 - Poisson Pressure Solver",
Higher Results Are Better
"AMD FX-8350",639.278155,639.411068,642.043722
"Intel Core i3 2120",1344.422279,1337.535074,1339.701412
"Intel Core i5 2400S",1319.090729,1364.54339,1365.42933
"Intel Core i5 2500K",1476.519977,1466.553723,1463.490953
"Intel Core i5 3470",1472.001081,1468.820317,1471.018365
"Intel Core i7 3770K",1570.821629,1561.615074,1572.690283
"Intel Core i7 3960X",1632.351255,1646.483792,1636.296457
"Intel Core i7 4770K",1673.536054,1665.113936,1676.624347
"Intel Core i7 4960X",1706.569319,1707.917786,1714.309075
"Intel Core i7 4960X @ 4.30GHz",1841.308754,1845.710811,1852.432056
"John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 - Test: Blowfish",
Higher Results Are Better
"AMD FX-8350",7081,7152,7081
"Intel Core i3 2120",2233,2280,2257
"Intel Core i5 2400S",2447,2472,2472
"Intel Core i5 2500K",3207,3184,3216
"Intel Core i5 3470",3683,3720,3720
"Intel Core i7 3770K",6000,6000,6000
"Intel Core i7 3960X",8064,8064,8064
"Intel Core i7 4770K",6672,6605,6672
"Intel Core i7 4960X",8910,8910,9000
"Intel Core i7 4960X @ 4.30GHz",10440,10336,10336
"John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 - Test: Traditional DES",
Higher Results Are Better
"AMD FX-8350",19202000,19169000,19202000
"Intel Core i3 2120",3795000,3817000,3833000
"Intel Core i5 2400S",6012000,6012000,6012000
"Intel Core i5 2500K",7864000,7786000,7864000
"Intel Core i5 3470",9125000,9109000,9109000
"Intel Core i7 3770K",10027000,10059000,10059000
"Intel Core i7 3960X",13467000,13467000,13467000
"Intel Core i7 4770K",10354000,10354000,10354000
"Intel Core i7 4960X",14991000,14842000,14842000
"Intel Core i7 4960X @ 4.30GHz",17399000,17399000,17399000
"John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 - Test: MD5",
Higher Results Are Better
"AMD FX-8350",32724,32844,32736
"Intel Core i3 2120",32508,32172,32508
"Intel Core i5 2400S",32028,32340,32364
"Intel Core i5 2500K",35796,36456,36420
"Intel Core i5 3470",37392,37380,37380
"Intel Core i7 3770K",40464,40488,40464
"Intel Core i7 3960X",38556,38520,38520
"Intel Core i7 4770K",41712,41724,41532
"Intel Core i7 4960X",41592,41592,41604
"Intel Core i7 4960X @ 4.30GHz",44724,44748,44796
"OpenSSL 1.0.1c - RSA 4096-bit Performance",
Higher Results Are Better
"AMD FX-8350",89.5,89.7,89.5
"Intel Core i3 2120",102.9,102.9,102.9
"Intel Core i5 2400S",102.1,102.3,102.2
"Intel Core i5 2500K",115.2,115.1,115.1
"Intel Core i5 3470",120,120.1,120.2
"Intel Core i7 3770K",130.3,130.2,129.8
"Intel Core i7 3960X",121.6,121.9,121.8
"Intel Core i7 4770K",148.5,148.2,148.4
"Intel Core i7 4960X",133.5,133.6,133.4
"Intel Core i7 4960X @ 4.30GHz",143.9,143.5,143.7
"LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 - Test: Rhodopsin Protein",
Lower Results Are Better
"AMD FX-8350",56.0469,56.1133,56
"Intel Core i3 2120",47.9922,48.0547,48.1719
"Intel Core i5 2400S",46.0664,46.1484,46.1641
"Intel Core i5 2500K",41.2305,41.4531,41.1875
"Intel Core i5 3470",38.9727,39.0039,38.9219
"Intel Core i7 3770K",35.7305,35.8281,35.8125
"Intel Core i7 3960X",39.4609,39.5156,39.1484
"Intel Core i7 4770K",33.4766,33.4727,33.5195
"Intel Core i7 4960X",35.7578,35.2734,35.5312
"Intel Core i7 4960X @ 4.30GHz",32.8047,33.0586,32.7891
"Rodinia 2.2 - Test: OpenMP CFD Solver",
Lower Results Are Better
"AMD FX-8350",83.330008983612,83.519403934479,83.387816905975
"Intel Core i3 2120",210.55122613907,210.0216691494,210.31223702431
"Intel Core i5 2400S",170.81429505348,169.13562989235,169.29920601845
"Intel Core i5 2500K",139.54189705849,139.49073505402,140.21829009056
"Intel Core i5 3470",134.95524096489,133.21627020836,134.87139201164
"Intel Core i7 3770K",108.21997189522,106.6742169857,106.56384015083
"Intel Core i7 3960X",88.435997009277,86.974951982498,86.770686149597
"Intel Core i7 4770K",95.133727073669,95.09625005722,95.243994951248
"Intel Core i7 4960X",65.883081912994,65.875486135483,66.287905216217
"Intel Core i7 4960X @ 4.30GHz",59.987079143524,59.825994968414,59.745399236679
"Dolfyn 0.527 - Computational Fluid Dynamics",
Lower Results Are Better
"AMD FX-8350",37.115747928619,36.982002973557,36.736222982407
"Intel Core i3 2120",31.307421922684,30.855157136917,30.713186979294
"Intel Core i5 2400S",29.224901199341,29.019080162048,28.909786939621
"Intel Core i5 2500K",25.907095909119,25.990188837051,25.874225139618
"Intel Core i5 3470",25.452634811401,25.300879001617,25.374828100204
"Intel Core i7 3770K",23.151314020157,22.967783212662,22.97146487236
"Intel Core i7 3960X",24.457180023193,24.119799852371,24.142958879471
"Intel Core i7 4770K",21.056457042694,20.962324857712,21.206750154495
"Intel Core i7 4960X",22.610043048859,22.571426153183,22.450928926468
"Intel Core i7 4960X @ 4.30GHz",20.752350091934,20.770524024963,20.758805990219
"Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 - Pfam Database Search",
Lower Results Are Better
"AMD FX-8350",11.201020002365,12.172706127167,12.785776853561,12.423965930939,11.362972021103,11.664019823074
"Intel Core i3 2120",22.626060009003,22.564884901047,22.635052919388
"Intel Core i5 2400S",19.520796060562,19.418263912201,19.488286018372
"Intel Core i5 2500K",16.677877902985,16.557862997055,16.530958175659
"Intel Core i5 3470",15.871987819672,15.657998800278,15.659172058105
"Intel Core i7 3770K",13.675979137421,13.615013122559,13.615168094635
"Intel Core i7 3960X",15.182507991791,15.21398806572,15.256079912186
"Intel Core i7 4770K",12.368463993073,12.353245019913,12.36052107811
"Intel Core i7 4960X",9.0295679569244,8.9289479255676,8.9507069587708
"Intel Core i7 4960X @ 4.30GHz",8.4670469760895,8.4215049743652,8.405825138092
"Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 - Multiple Sequence Alignment",
Lower Results Are Better
"AMD FX-8350",6.7304489612579,6.2491888999939,6.1827518939972,7.2586510181427,6.2194490432739,6.162693977356
"Intel Core i3 2120",12.381372928619,12.312693834305,11.090048074722,12.286614894867,11.093178033829,11.273659944534
"Intel Core i5 2400S",10.111037969589,10.034811973572,10.941420078278,9.5662319660187,10.073346138,10.098581075668
"Intel Core i5 2500K",8.3093450069427,7.4818708896637,8.2063219547272,8.2246880531311,8.2935709953308,8.2629549503326
"Intel Core i5 3470",7.9762318134308,7.9666690826416,7.2444939613342,8.0700788497925,7.8507499694824,7.9180598258972
"Intel Core i7 3770K",6.8694410324097,6.2299950122833,6.218080997467,6.5250458717346,6.616532087326,6.9559421539307
"Intel Core i7 3960X",5.7729790210724,6.7027518749237,6.0643558502197,6.431519985199,6.4672238826752,5.7908170223236
"Intel Core i7 4770K",5.4281768798828,6.117173910141,6.2587289810181,6.0323929786682,6.2321450710297,5.4940230846405
"Intel Core i7 4960X",5.3327100276947,5.3918199539185,4.8468039035797,4.9774539470673,4.8633477687836,6.2375550270081
"Intel Core i7 4960X @ 4.30GHz",4.7120578289032,4.2878220081329,4.2669589519501,4.2605102062225,4.7160980701447,4.3580629825592
"Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 - Time To Compile",
Lower Results Are Better
"AMD FX-8350",86.230431079865,83.798294067383,83.834444999695
"Intel Core i3 2120",204.19035887718,201.59160399437,201.50895500183
"Intel Core i5 2400S",156.01270198822,153.48097801208,153.4844751358
"Intel Core i5 2500K",123.33803510666,121.40623402596,121.368019104
"Intel Core i5 3470",121.49485087395,118.98848009109,119.19350385666
"Intel Core i7 3770K",91.956290006638,90.209093093872,90.046437978745
"Intel Core i7 3960X",64.226964950562,61.673827886581,61.897496938705
"Intel Core i7 4770K",75.023267030716,73.534826040268,73.365468025208
"Intel Core i7 4960X",63.083570957184,61.491174936295,62.163559913635
"Intel Core i7 4960X @ 4.30GHz",54.681427955627,53.125333070755,53.09067606926
"C-Ray 1.1 - Total Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"AMD FX-8350",25.73,25.708,25.731
"Intel Core i3 2120",67.642,67.591,67.612
"Intel Core i5 2400S",43.637,43.614,43.579
"Intel Core i5 2500K",33.396,33.362,33.478
"Intel Core i5 3470",32.758,32.906,32.756
"Intel Core i7 3770K",27.822,28.001,27.872
"Intel Core i7 3960X",19.294,19.336,19.324
"Intel Core i7 4770K",22.869,22.889,22.86
"Intel Core i7 4960X",18.696,18.656,18.681
"Intel Core i7 4960X @ 4.30GHz",16.091,16.092,16.094
"Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 - 256MB File Compression",
Lower Results Are Better
"AMD FX-8350",6.6374640464783,6.2676560878754,6.5331330299377
"Intel Core i3 2120",20.315237998962,21.028374910355,20.100434064865
"Intel Core i5 2400S",14.108000040054,14.370319843292,14.236304998398
"Intel Core i5 2500K",11.93755197525,12.178822994232,12.16131401062
"Intel Core i5 3470",10.884281873703,11.425164937973,11.19820189476
"Intel Core i7 3770K",9.4522280693054,9.1021120548248,7.8883769512177,9.1081440448761,9.6158080101013,8.8634970188141
"Intel Core i7 3960X",5.5214548110962,7.053239107132,6.2190730571747,5.6355268955231,6.7386939525604,5.6476740837097
"Intel Core i7 4770K",7.6681010723114,7.6479148864746,7.3260009288788
"Intel Core i7 4960X",5.413036108017,5.1906540393829,5.0498471260071,5.0583260059357
"Intel Core i7 4960X @ 4.30GHz",4.3483850955963,4.308422088623,4.3746490478516
"Smallpt 1.0 - Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples",
Lower Results Are Better
"AMD FX-8350",93,93,93
"Intel Core i3 2120",228,226,226
"Intel Core i5 2400S",198,198,198
"Intel Core i5 2500K",151,151,151
"Intel Core i5 3470",133,133,133
"Intel Core i7 3770K",88,88,89
"Intel Core i7 3960X",64,64,64
"Intel Core i7 4770K",83,83,83
"Intel Core i7 4960X",58,59,59
"Intel Core i7 4960X @ 4.30GHz",50,50,51
"FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0 - WAV To FLAC",
Lower Results Are Better
"AMD FX-8350",7.3440361022949,7.3360290527344,7.3413071632385,7.3299989700317,7.3275871276855
"Intel Core i3 2120",6.2988691329956,6.2811999320984,6.2741911411285,6.2769370079041,6.2756559848785
"Intel Core i5 2400S",6.3182051181793,6.312903881073,6.3105750083923,6.3157048225403,6.3023619651794
"Intel Core i5 2500K",5.6419939994812,5.6207761764526,5.6138491630554,5.6205990314484,5.6107170581818
"Intel Core i5 3470",5.4355928897858,5.3688569068909,5.3624761104584,5.3618021011353,5.3589780330658
"Intel Core i7 3770K",4.9625458717346,4.955906867981,4.9472780227661,4.9491751194,4.9466300010681
"Intel Core i7 3960X",5.3298788070679,5.3167510032654,5.310455083847,5.316015958786,5.3154928684235
"Intel Core i7 4770K",4.561527967453,4.5494480133057,4.5755400657654,4.558177947998,4.5476729869843
"Intel Core i7 4960X",4.8454921245575,4.834233045578,4.8334829807281,4.8336338996887,4.8330659866333
"Intel Core i7 4960X @ 4.30GHz",4.4920148849487,4.4851179122925,4.4827518463135,4.4820611476898,4.4817440509796
"FFmpeg 2.0 - H.264 HD To NTSC DV",
Lower Results Are Better
"AMD FX-8350",22.500754117966,22.453872919083,22.507663965225
"Intel Core i3 2120",24.214428901672,24.175001144409,23.994343996048
"Intel Core i5 2400S",22.893717050552,22.456362009048,22.526054859161
"Intel Core i5 2500K",20.761173009872,20.57852101326,20.595375061035
"Intel Core i5 3470",19.989081144333,20.096328020096,20.064718008041
"Intel Core i7 3770K",20.422602176666,19.863940954208,19.965020895004
"Intel Core i7 3960X",20.995892047882,21.214257955551,20.847961187363
"Intel Core i7 4770K",12.378314971924,12.288102149963,12.297791957855
"Intel Core i7 4960X",18.233178138733,16.882282972336,17.653146982193,17.328071117401
"Intel Core i7 4960X @ 4.30GHz",9.8870429992676,9.9409561157227,9.8586020469666
"N-Queens 1.0 - Elapsed Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"AMD FX-8350",37.699,37.695,37.694
"Intel Core i3 2120",90.822,90.816,90.823
"Intel Core i5 2400S",81.76,81.758,81.759
"Intel Core i5 2500K",62.49,62.492,62.509
"Intel Core i5 3470",61.248,61.249,61.252
"Intel Core i7 3770K",40.211,40.22,40.22
"Intel Core i7 3960X",25.892,25.883,25.883
"Intel Core i7 4770K",38.214,38.23,38.222
"Intel Core i7 4960X",27,26.996,26.99
"Intel Core i7 4960X @ 4.30GHz",23.209,23.212,23.214
"POV-Ray 3.6.1 - Total Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"AMD FX-8350",
"Intel Core i3 2120",
"Intel Core i5 2400S",
"Intel Core i5 2500K",
"Intel Core i5 3470",
"Intel Core i7 3770K",
"Intel Core i7 3960X",
"Intel Core i7 4770K",
"Intel Core i7 4960X",
"Intel Core i7 4960X @ 4.30GHz",
"PolyBench-C 3.2 - Test: Covariance Computation",
Lower Results Are Better
"Intel Core i3 2120",5.8296890258789,5.8456389904022,5.8532907962799
"Intel Core i5 2400S",5.8749840259552,5.935399055481,5.8956079483032
"Intel Core i5 2500K",5.2438168525696,5.2597517967224,5.2418339252472
"Intel Core i5 3470",5.3723509311676,5.4136500358582,5.4546458721161
"Intel Core i7 3770K",4.9242880344391,4.9522681236267,4.9363441467285
"Intel Core i7 4960X",4.7845070362091,4.7791118621826,4.7872760295868
"Intel Core i7 4960X @ 4.30GHz",4.4370658397675,4.4262518882751,4.4396998882294
"PolyBench-C 3.2 - Test: Correlation Computation",
Lower Results Are Better
"Intel Core i3 2120",5.8486480712891,5.8365280628204,5.8541610240936
"Intel Core i5 2400S",5.8887979984283,5.9185960292816,5.8769509792328
"Intel Core i5 2500K",5.2449178695679,5.2501270771027,5.2471551895142
"Intel Core i5 3470",5.4041759967804,5.4142920970917,5.3898642063141
"Intel Core i7 3770K",4.9325160980225,4.9339039325714,4.9507730007172
"Intel Core i7 4960X",4.7991352081299,4.7958381175995,4.7902801036835
"Intel Core i7 4960X @ 4.30GHz",4.4320139884949,4.4332029819489,4.4287140369415
"PolyBench-C 3.2 - Test: 3 Matrix Multiplications",
Lower Results Are Better
"Intel Core i3 2120",30.416403055191,30.238615989685,30.158537149429
"Intel Core i5 2400S",26.876053094864,27.256402015686,27.26603603363
"Intel Core i5 2500K",26.504926919937,25.880100011826,26.469199895859
"Intel Core i5 3470",23.737514972687,23.604915142059,23.830895185471
"Intel Core i7 3770K",21.004169940948,21.066288948059,21.424117088318
"Intel Core i7 4960X",18.345673084259,18.357862949371,18.308125019073
"Intel Core i7 4960X @ 4.30GHz",17.027767896652,17.045299053192,17.151281833649