Any loss of single-threaded performance compared to Sandy Bridge is made up for with a 100 MHz-higher Turbo Boost limit in single-threaded apps, putting the Core i7-3960X on par with Intel’s Core i7-2600K.
Able to use all six of its cores and notable architectural improvements, the Core i7-3960X is able to secure a first-place finish in MainConcept, ahead of the Gulftown-based Core i7-990X.
This is another test capable of leveraging Core i7-3960X’s six cores, yielding the top spot in our HandBrake transcode.
Summary
- Sandy Bridge-E And X79 Are Almost Ready
- Sandy Bridge-E: Combining Two Pretty Popular Worlds
- X79 Express And Another New Processor Interface
- Overclocking Sandy Bridge-E
- Hardware Setup And Benchmarks
- Benchmark Results: PCMark 7
- Benchmark Results: 3DMark 11
- Benchmark Results: Sandra 2011
- Benchmark Results: Content Creation
- Benchmark Results: Productivity
- Benchmark Results: Media Encoding
- Benchmark Results: Metro 2033
- Benchmark Results: F1 2010
- Benchmark Results: Aliens Vs. Predator
- Sandy Bridge-E: More Speed On The Desktop, But A Bigger Deal To Servers
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