Core i7-2960XM Extreme: specs and benchmarks

Summary

Intel started Core i7-2960XM Extreme sales 4 September 2011 at a recommended price of $1,096. This is a Sandy Bridge architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at home systems. It has 4 cores and 8 threads, and is based on 32 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2700 MHz - 3700 MHz (1 core) 3600 MHz (2 cores) 3400 MHz (3 cores) 3400 MHz (4 cores) and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is Socket G2 processor with a TDP of 55 Watt. It supports DDR3-1600 memory.

Primary details

Core i7-2960XM Extreme processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop
Series	Intel Core i7EE
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date	4 September 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,096	of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	8
Boost clock speed	2.7 GHz	of 50 MHz (i486DX-50)
Bus type	DMI 2.0
Bus rate	4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplier	27	of 42 (Core i7-7700K)
L1 cache	256 KB	of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache	1 MB	of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache	8 MB	of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography	32 nm	of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size	216 mm2
Number of transistors	1160 Million	of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-2960XM Extreme compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	of 8 (Opteron 842)
Socket	Socket G2
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	of 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Core i7-2960XM Extreme. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+
FMA	+
AVX	+
vPro	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d	+
VT-x	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core i7-2960XM Extreme's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-1600
Maximum memory size	32 GB	of 6 TiB (EPYC 9124)
Max memory channels	2	of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.598 GB/s	of 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9124)

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Core i7-2960XM Extreme.

Integrated graphics card

Intel HD Graphics 3000

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Core i7-2960XM Extreme. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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