New Core i7-4960X "Ivy Bridge-E" Benchmarks

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/18/2013 09:38 AM | source: | 13 comment(s)

Over at Tom's Hardware they once again managed to leak benchmarks wahaaaay ahead of the release. This time they posted Core i7-4960X "Ivy Bridge-E," numbers. The to be announced LGA2011 processor is compared with processors like i7-3970X, i7-4770K, i7-3770K, i7-2700K, FX-8350, and A10-5800K.

The Core i7-4960X isn't scheduled to be officially launched until the second half of 2013. Overall Ivy Bridge-E is merely 10% better than Sandy Bridge-E. Anyway, have a peek at the many benchmark results. Complete preview at the source.

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Chillin
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#4621720 Posted on: 07/18/2013 10:17 AM

They constantly do this.

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#4621747 Posted on: 07/18/2013 11:30 AM

Almost no improvement...Shame...

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#4621757 Posted on: 07/18/2013 11:49 AM

Almost no improvement...Shame...

Well, after the first i7's appeared, all the next benchmarks were kinda meh. There's no huge game-changing breakthrough, just small improvements.

You can see that 4xxx series compared to 3xxx have significantly improved power consumption, but for the gamers it's not something we drool about. It will matter for laptops, where you could install powerful CPU and still get good battery life. On the other hand my i7 2720QM powered lappy is doing fine in both terms of performance and battery life.

If someone is looking for max performance, has enough money, and has 2xxx series or older, 4xxx may be a good option. I'm on overclocked 920 and it's still doing well. The purchase doesn't seem to be justified in my case. Maybe if I was gaming or rendering more, or didn't know what to do with money...

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#4621791 Posted on: 07/18/2013 12:30 PM

Be nice to have a 980X comparison.

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#4621793 Posted on: 07/18/2013 12:31 PM

Good for Steamroller.

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