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Is the Intel Core i7-960 @ 3.20GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: LGA1366
Clockspeed: 3.2 GHz
Turbo Speed: 3.5 GHz
Cores: 4 Threads: 8
Typical TDP: 130 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 960 @ 3.20GHz, Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 960 @ 3.20GHz, Intel Core i7 CPU 960 @ 3.20GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2009
CPUmark/$Price: 16.97
Overall Rank:
2847th fastest in multithreading out of 5810 CPUs
2823rd fastest in single threading out of 5810 CPUs
777th fastest in out of 1557 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $200.00 USD (2025-12-18)
| Integer Math | 18,106 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 7,725 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 23 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 9,874 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 632.1 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 73,963 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 384 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 2,123 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 1,458 MOps/Sec |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 58,427 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,262 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 38,936 | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | 23,678 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,844 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,593 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,076 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,677 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,644 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,131 | |
| Intel Core i7-960 @ 3.20GHz | 3,394 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 227.54 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 172.01 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 124.58 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 117.86 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 107.89 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 60.54 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 46.29 | |
| Intel Core i7-960 @ 3.20GHz | 16.97 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 4,693 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,600 | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | 4,514 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,886 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,675 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,490 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,467 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,365 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,913 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,560 | |
| Intel Core i7-960 @ 3.20GHz | 1,458 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL3299587 - Feb 20 2026 [Overclocked] | 4446 | |
| BL3286996 - Feb 14 2026 | 3725 | |
| BL3259513 - Feb 03 2026 | 3646 | |
| BL3219511 - Jan 17 2026 | 3695 | |
| BL3173067 - Dec 29 2025 | 3675 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-960 @ 3.20GHz | 3,394 | |
| AMD Phenom II X6 1055T vs Intel Core i7-960 | 3,388 (-0.2%) | |
| Intel Core i7-930 @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Core i7-960 | 3,005 (-11.4%) | |
| AMD Phenom II X6 1100T vs Intel Core i7-960 | 3,941 (+16.1%) | |
| AMD Phenom II X6 1090T vs Intel Core i7-960 | 3,811 (+12.3%) | |
| AMD A8-7600 APU vs Intel Core i7-960 | 3,205 (-5.6%) | |
| Intel Core i7-875K @ 2.93GHz vs Intel Core i7-960 | 3,186 (-6.1%) | |
| Intel Core i7-870 @ 2.93GHz vs Intel Core i7-960 | 3,168 (-6.6%) | |
| Intel Core i7-860 @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Core i7-960 | 3,023 (-10.9%) | |
| Intel Core i5-3330 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i7-960 | 4,100 (+20.8%) | |
| AMD A10-9700 vs Intel Core i7-960 | 3,562 (+5.0%) | |
| AMD A8-7670K vs Intel Core i7-960 | 3,284 (-3.2%) | |
| Intel Core i7-950 @ 3.07GHz vs Intel Core i7-960 | 3,259 (-4.0%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,426 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,123 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,263 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus | 10,695 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,524 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,387 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,373 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus | 10,291 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,257 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D | 10,188 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,793 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,448 | |
| Intel Core i7-960 @ 3.20GHz | 604 |
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