Testseek.com have collected 79 expert reviews of the Intel Core i9 7960X 2.8GHz Socket 2066 and the average rating is 81%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Intel Core i9 7960X 2.8GHz Socket 2066.
December 2017
(81%)
79 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Published: 2017-09-28, Author: Jeff , review by: Techreport.com
It's time once again to condense all of our test results into our famous value scatter plots. We use a geometric mean of all of our real-world results to ensure that no one test has an undue impact on the overall index. First up, let's look at gaming per...
16 cores, 32-threads, Incredible multi-threaded performance, Good temperatures at default speeds, 35% performance increase over the i9-7900X
You'll need a good motherboard for overclocking, Quite expensive
As I said in my review of the Core i9-7980XE we are living in a very exciting time for CPUs. This processor is packing in 16-cores, 32-threads and it is not even at the top of the product stack! At its default clock speeds it is a work horse! It is going...
Poor thermal dissipation, Requires water cooling, Power consumption, Price
The Core i9-7960X offers the best performance from a 16-core processor in both lightly-threaded and multi-threaded workloads. Expect to pay for the privilege of owning one, though. Moreover, thermal challenges dictate that expensive add-ons like custo...
Published: 2017-09-25, Author: Mark , review by: arstechnica.com
The fastest slice of silicon going, Good gaming performance, Improved memory support, Modern complement of I/O
Not that much faster than Threadripper 1950X, Fewer PCIe lanes than the competition, Power hungry, Continual use of TIM instead of solder, High clock speeds and quiet systems out of the question without custom liquid cooling or delidding
That Intel finds itself in a place where its flagship processors just barely scrape past the competition is an astonishing turn of events. It might well continue to offer the best gaming performance in the mainstream, where gaming continues to be the key...
Published: 2017-09-25, Author: Michael , review by: phoronix.com
The results basically speak for themselves. If you would like to compare your own system(s) Linux performance against the results found in this article, simply install the Phoronix Test Suite and run phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1709241-TY-INTELCORE86...
Abstract: Intel. Strikes. Back. The massive 18-core Core i9-7980X and 16-core Core i8-7960X are the chipmaker's response to AMD's Ryzen Threadripper, which has been eating Intel's lunch for many months.But can Goliath Intel rise from its stunning defeat to challeng...
Similar performance, in many relevant instances, to Intel's pricier 18-core chip, Compatible Core X-Series motherboards start at lower prices than boards for AMD's Threadripper
$700 pricier than AMD's competing 16-core counterpart
Intel's 16-core Core i9 chip hews close to its pricier 18-core Core i9 Extreme Edition counterpart. It's a powerful chip, no denying, but AMD's competing Threadripper 1950X, at many hundreds of bucks less, is strong competition. Read More...
Abstract: Intel. Strikes. Back. The massive 18-core Core i9-7980X and 16-core Core i8-7960X are the chipmaker's response to AMD's Ryzen Threadripper, which has been eating Intel's lunch for many months.But can Goliath Intel rise from its stunning defeat to challeng...
We had a blast testing these monster CPU's out. Every single benchmark we ran was just crushed, and every single chart we have had to be expanded by nearly double to accommodate the multi-threaded scores. We had a few testing programs not know quite what...
