Testseek.com have collected 175 expert reviews of the Intel Core i7 4960X Extreme Edition 3.6GHz Socket 2011 and the average rating is 78%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Intel Core i7 4960X Extreme Edition 3.6GHz Socket 2011.
April 2015
(78%)
175 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(97%)
392 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
6 Cores/12 Threads
Overall improved performance
15MB (Smart Cache)
HyperThreading
Improved Compute performance
Unlocked
Low Power Consumption
22nm
Fastest desktop CPU on the market
Incredible overclocking potential
Relatively cool running temps
The fastest consumer processor money can buy for multi-threaded workloads. Asus makes a great motherboard now that Intel has killed its own manufacturing division.
Fastest consumer CPU available
As of late summer 2013
Same LGA2011 socket as previous-generation chips
Fair overclocking headroom (at least in our sample)
Uber Fast
More Power Efficient Than Its Predecessor
Fits In Existing Socket
Slight performance bump and better efficiency for the same price. DDR31866 and PCI Express 3.0 support.
The editors didn't like
Daily Computing Performance is actually less than 4770K
Price
Lacks support for latest Haswell features. Not the fastest chip for single-threaded tasks. Not compatible with Intel-manufactured motherboards
Expensive
Like all Extreme Edition CPUs
Modest performance boost at stock speeds versus Core i7-3970X
Won't work in Intel-made LGA2011 motherboards
Not Much Faster Than SBE
Pricey
Haswell Offers Better Single Thread Performance
No Support On Intel X79 motherboards
Cons
Ancient
Featureless platform not worthy of extreme/enthusiastlevel CPU. Small jump on features and performance.
Most powerful Desktop processor bar none, Power efficient, Great overclocking potential, Quad Channel Memory support
Based on older Ivy-Bridge technology, Crippled by an ageing chipset, No included cooling
The Intel Core i7-4960X brings little new to the table. While that will be disappointing to most, we were quite impressed with the CPU. Sure it isn't the cheapest (by a long way) and it can hardly be accused of being ground breaking but what it does do is...
Benchmarks show that the i7-4960X is the most powerful processor around in multithreaded tasks and when running intensive applications because of its six cores, but it's marginally slower than Haswell in less demanding single-threaded tasks. Its mixed per...
Abstract: 1,000 Intel processors through the years Not many things are sure in this life, but fortunately there are a number of things you can count on like clockwork. The sun comes up in the morning, we all have to pay taxes and last but not least, the most expe...
Does Intel's Core i7-4960X, specifically, get me all revved up about upgrading? Well, no. Not really. But then again, those thousand-dollar CPUs rarely do. What about the Core i7-4930K replacing Intel's -3930K for $550? That'd be a tough sell for all of t...
Fastestever consumer CPU, Relatively energy efficient, Runs on existing LGA2011 platform, Good for fullbandwidth graphics
$990 means it's out of reach of most, Minor improvements over lastgen SNBE
The Ivy Bridge-powered Core i7-4960X is an anachronistic chip. Already superceded in terms of architecture by the Haswell range of processors earlier this year, IVB-E is Intel saying that it can release high-performance CPUs whenever it so wishes, with w...
Abstract: It has taken just about two years' time, but today the moment has come for Intel to update its high-end consumer platform. The Sandy Bridge-E models Core i7 3960X, 3930K and 3820 will be retired, to be replaced by Ivy Bridge-E, as represented by the new...
With Ivy BrdigeE Intel offers an upgrade for the existing socket LGA2011 platform In this case the manufacturer doesn't force you to buy an entirely new platform, which is actually a good thing, that helps you save quite some money Unfortunately the X79 c...
A Muted Arrival of the Ivy Bridge-E ProcessorFrom what we have witnessed of the Intel Core i7-4960X CPU's performance, it appears the ultimate desktop PC processor has yet to show its true prowess. We can see some slight compute performance gains; however...
