Intel Core i9 7960X vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2017
Dec 2024
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Arrow Lake
Processor Number
i9-7960X
225F
Integrated Graphics
N/A
No
Generation
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Ultra 5 (Arrow Lake)
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
3 nm
Socket
LGA-2066
FCLGA-1851
Power Consumption
165 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
98 °C
105 °C
Transistor Count
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17.8 billions
Max Turbo Power Consumption
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121 W
Foundry
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TSMC
Die Size
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243 mm²
Package
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FC-LGA18W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
6
Performance Core Threads
32
6
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.8 GHz
3.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.2 GHz
4.9 GHz
Total Core Count
16
10
Total Thread Count
32
10
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
28x
33
L1 Cache
64 K per core
192 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
3 MB per core
L3 Cache
22 MB shared
20 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
Efficiency Cores
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4
Efficiency Core Threads
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4
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
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2.7 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
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4.4 GHz
SMP
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1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
DDR5-6400
Max Memory Size
128 GB
256 GB
Max Memory Channels
4
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
79.47 GB/s
102.4 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
5.0
PCIe Lanes
44
24
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,099
2,070
Cinebench R23
22,189
16,114
Geekbench 6
1,313
2,847
Geekbench 6
9,066
14,714
Passmark CPU
2,489
4,472
Passmark CPU
26,917
31,606
Cinebench 2024
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119
Cinebench 2024
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931
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.