Intel Core i7 960 sneaks in and surfaces

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/20/2009 03:53 PM | source: | 0 comment(s)

Earlier this year there have been rumors about an upcoming Intel Core i7 960 -- well it's here already.

The processor has a clock frequency of 3.2 GHz and is replacing the recently introduced 3.06 GHz Core i7 950. The all new 960 will cost 562 USD. The Core i7 960 has four physical CPU cores hyper-threaded towards eight, 8MB L3-cache, a 4.8 GT/s QPI link with a 130W TDP.

Nehalem Bloomfield lineup:

Cpu	Clock	L2-cache	L3-cache	QPI	TDP
920	2,66GHz	256KB	8MB	4,8GT/s	130W
940	2,93GHz	256KB	8MB	4,8GT/s	130W
950	3,06GHz	256KB	8MB	4,8GT/s	130W
960	3,2GHz	256KB	8MB	4,8GT/s	130W
965	3,2GHz	256KB	8MB	6,4GT/s	130W
975	3,33GHz	256KB	8MB	6,4GT/s	130W

Contrary to the Core i7 965 Extreme (which is also clocked at 3.2 GHz / 6.4 GT/s QPI ) this 960 does not have it's multipliers unlocked hindering overclockers somewhat.

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