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
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.
,,"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"
Processor,,AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores),Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores),Intel Core i5-2400S @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores),Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores),Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores),Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores),Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores),Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores),Intel Core i7-4960X @ 3.60GHz (12 Cores),Intel Core i7-4960X @ 3.60GHz (12 Cores)
Motherboard,,ASUS Crosshair V Formula,ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0,ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0,ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0,ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0,ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0,Intel DX79SI,ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0,MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0,MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0
Chipset,,AMD RD890 bridge,Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM,Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM,Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM,Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd,Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd,Intel Xeon E5/Core,Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM,Intel Xeon E5 v2/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v2/Core
Memory,,8192MB,8192MB,8192MB,8192MB,8192MB,8192MB,8192MB,8192MB,8192MB,8192MB
Disk,,240GB OCZ VERTEX3,240GB OCZ VERTEX3,240GB OCZ VERTEX3,240GB OCZ VERTEX3,240GB OCZ VERTEX3,240GB OCZ VERTEX3,240GB OCZ VERTEX3,240GB OCZ VERTEX3,240GB OCZ VERTEX3,240GB OCZ VERTEX3
Graphics,,Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB,Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB,Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB,Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB,Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB,Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB,Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB,Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB,Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB,Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB
Audio,,Realtek ALC889,Realtek ALC892,Realtek ALC892,Realtek ALC892,Realtek ALC892,Realtek ALC892,Realtek ALC892,Intel Haswell HDMI,Realtek ALC892,Realtek ALC892
Monitor,,AL2223W,AL2223W,AL2223W,AL2223W,AL2223W,AL2223W,AL2223W,AL2223W,AL2223W,AL2223W
Network,,Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection,Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411,Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411,Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411,Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411,Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411,Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection,Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411,Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411,Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS,,Ubuntu 13.10,Ubuntu 13.10,Ubuntu 13.10,Ubuntu 13.10,Ubuntu 13.10,Ubuntu 13.10,Ubuntu 13.10,Ubuntu 13.10,Ubuntu 13.10,Ubuntu 13.10
Kernel,,3.11.0-11-generic (x86_64),3.11.0-11-generic (x86_64),3.11.0-11-generic (x86_64),3.11.0-11-generic (x86_64),3.11.0-11-generic (x86_64),3.11.0-11-generic (x86_64),3.11.0-11-generic (x86_64),3.11.0-11-generic (x86_64),3.11.0-11-generic (x86_64),3.11.0-11-generic (x86_64)
Desktop,,Unity 7.1.1,Unity 7.1.1,Unity 7.1.1,Unity 7.1.1,Unity 7.1.1,Unity 7.1.1,Unity 7.1.1,Unity 7.1.1,Unity 7.1.1,Unity 7.1.1
Display Server,,X Server 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1),X Server 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1),X Server 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1),X Server 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1),X Server 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1),X Server 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1),X Server 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1),X Server 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1),X Server 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1),X Server 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1)
Display Driver,,radeon 7.2.0,radeon 7.2.0,radeon 7.2.0,radeon 7.2.0,radeon 7.2.0,radeon 7.2.0,radeon 7.2.0,radeon 7.2.0,radeon 7.2.0,radeon 7.2.0
OpenGL,,3.1 Mesa 9.2.0 Gallium 0.4,3.1 Mesa 9.2.0 Gallium 0.4,3.1 Mesa 9.2.0 Gallium 0.4,3.1 Mesa 9.2.0 Gallium 0.4,3.1 Mesa 9.2.0 Gallium 0.4,3.1 Mesa 9.2.0 Gallium 0.4,3.1 Mesa 9.2.0 Gallium 0.4,3.1 Mesa 9.2.0 Gallium 0.4,3.1 Mesa 9.2.0 Gallium 0.4,3.1 Mesa 9.2.0 Gallium 0.4
Compiler,,GCC 4.8,GCC 4.8,GCC 4.8,GCC 4.8,GCC 4.8,GCC 4.8,GCC 4.8,GCC 4.8,GCC 4.8,GCC 4.8
File-System,,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4
Screen Resolution,,1680x1050,1680x1050,1680x1050,1680x1050,1680x1050,1680x1050,1680x1050,1680x1050,1680x1050,1680x1050
,,"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 - Test: 3 Matrix Multiplications (sec)",LIB,,30.27,27.13,26.28,23.72,21.16,,,18.34,17.07
"PolyBench-C - Test: Correlation Computation (sec)",LIB,,5.85,5.89,5.25,5.40,4.94,,,4.80,4.43
"PolyBench-C - Test: Covariance Computation (sec)",LIB,,5.84,5.90,5.25,5.41,4.94,,,4.78,4.43
"OpenSSL - RSA 4096-bit Performance (Signs/sec)",HIB,89.57,102.90,102.20,115.13,120.10,130.10,121.77,148.37,133.50,143.70
"POV-Ray - Total Time (sec)",LIB,812,780,785,698,705,651,661,607,635,589
"N-Queens - Elapsed Time (sec)",LIB,37.70,90.82,81.76,62.50,61.25,40.22,25.89,38.22,27.00,23.21
"FFmpeg - H.264 HD To NTSC DV (sec)",LIB,22.49,24.13,22.63,20.65,20.05,20.08,21.02,12.32,17.52,9.90
"FLAC Audio Encoding - WAV To FLAC (sec)",LIB,7.34,6.28,6.31,5.62,5.38,4.95,5.32,4.56,4.84,4.48
"Smallpt - Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples (sec)",LIB,93,227,198,151,133,88,64,83,59,50
"Parallel BZIP2 Compression - 256MB File Compression (sec)",LIB,6.48,20.48,14.24,12.09,11.17,9.01,6.14,7.55,5.18,4.34
"C-Ray - Total Time (sec)",LIB,25.72,67.62,43.61,33.41,32.81,27.90,19.32,22.87,18.68,16.09
"Timed Linux Kernel Compilation - Time To Compile (sec)",LIB,84.62,202.43,154.33,122.04,119.89,90.74,62.60,73.97,62.25,53.63
"Himeno Benchmark - Poisson Pressure Solver (MFLOPS)",HIB,640.24,1340.55,1349.69,1468.85,1470.61,1568.38,1638.38,1671.76,1709.60,1846.48
"x264 - H.264 Video Encoding (FPS)",HIB,159.02,68.12,83.35,103.96,112.16,152.57,216.32,181.52,222.41,257.54
"VP8 libvpx Encoding - vpxenc (FPS)",HIB,23.09,18.17,22.82,29.25,31.25,27.86,28.69,28.77,29.25,33.89
"TTSIOD 3D Renderer - Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping (FPS)",HIB,124.32,64.93,83.27,99.22,110.48,142.67,187.14,162.23,178.25,209.59
"John The Ripper - Test: MD5 (Real C/S)",HIB,32768,32396,32244,36224,37384,40472,38532,41656,41596,44756
"John The Ripper - Test: Traditional DES (Real C/S)",HIB,19191000,3815000,6012000,7838000,9114333,10048333,13467000,10354000,14891667,17399000
"John The Ripper - Test: Blowfish (Real C/S)",HIB,7105,2257,2464,3202,3708,6000,8064,6650,8940,10371
"Fhourstones - Complex Connect-4 Solving (Kpos / sec)",HIB,10140.20,10075.93,9980.00,10870.87,10966.60,11747.57,12000.90,12783.77,12538.00,13166.87
"Timed MAFFT Alignment - Multiple Sequence Alignment (sec)",LIB,6.47,11.74,10.14,8.13,7.84,6.57,6.20,5.93,5.27,4.43
"Timed HMMer Search - Pfam Database Search (sec)",LIB,11.94,22.61,19.48,16.59,15.73,13.64,15.22,12.36,8.97,8.43
"LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator - Test: Rhodopsin Protein (Loop Time)",LIB,56.05,48.07,46.13,41.29,38.97,35.79,39.37,33.49,35.52,32.88
"Dolfyn - Computational Fluid Dynamics (sec)",LIB,36.94,30.96,29.05,25.92,25.38,23.03,24.24,21.08,22.54,20.76
"Rodinia - Test: OpenMP CFD Solver (sec)",LIB,83.41,210.30,169.75,139.75,134.35,107.15,87.39,95.16,66.02,59.85