Intel® Core™ i9 and i7 Extreme Edition Desktop Processors Comparison Chart

INSTRUCTIONS
1. If the column heading is underlined, clicking on that will take you to a web site or document where you can get more information on that term.
2. Clicking on the individual processor number will take you to an Intel database that contains an expanded set of processor specifications.
3. Clicking on the individual box order code will take you to an Intel database that will show which Intel® Desktop Boards are compatible with that processor.

Processor Security &

Processor Name Ordering Ordering Performance Advanced Technologies Memory Specifications
Graphics Reliability

Intel® Turbo # of AVX-512 * Maximum

Thermal Intel® AES Intel® Intel®
Boost Max FMA (Fused Max # of DDR4 / DDR3
Launch Processor Processor Base Max Turbo Cache Design Cores/ Intel® HD New Virtualization Optane™
Processor Name Technology 3.0 Multiply Add Memory Supported
Year Box Order Number Socket Frequency (GHz) Frequency (MB) Power Threads Graphics Instructions Technology (VT- Memory
(Click to link to Frequency ‡ instructions) Channels Memory
(Watts) (AES) x) Supported
Compatible Units Speed (MHz)
Motherboards)

i9-7980XE - Extreme Edition Q3'17 BX80673I97980X LGA2066 2.6 4.40 4.20 24.75 165 18/36 No Yes 2 Yes Yes 4 2666 / NA
i7-6950X - Extreme Edition Q2'16 BX80671I76950X LGA2011V3 3 4.00 3.50 25 140 10/20 No Yes 2 Yes Yes 4 2400 / NA
i7-5960X- Extreme Edition Q3'14 BX80648I75960X LGA2011V3 3 N/A 3.50 20 140 8/16 No Yes N/A Yes N/A 4 2133 / NA
i7-4960X- Extreme Edition Q3'13 BX80633I74960X LGA2011 3.6 N/A 4.00 15 130 6/12 No Yes N/A Yes N/A 4 NA / 1866
i7-3970X- Extreme Edition Q4'12 BX80619I73970X LGA2011 3.3 N/A 3.90 15 150 6/12 No Yes N/A Yes N/A 4 NA / 1600
i7-3960X- Extreme Edition Q4'11 BX80619I73960X LGA2011 3.3 N/A 3.90 15 130 6/12 No Yes N/A Yes N/A 4 NA / 1600
Technical Documents = Datasheets, Design Guides, etc;

* The value in column (Maximum DDR4/DDR3L/DDR3) is the maximum value, please refer to the product specification page for other possible values supported

Intel® Core™ i7 and i9 Processor Extreme Edition Top Support Documents

Technical Documents (Datasheets, Design Guides, etc) Technical resources for the processors
Intel® Desktop Processors Motherboard Compatibility Tool Use this tool to find compatible motherboards for the Intel® Desktop Processor
Intel® Desktop Processor Support Resources This document contains the most commonly sought after information on Intel® Desktop Processors.
Overview of Intel® Processor Tools This document provides links to popular Intel® Processor Tools, with a description on what they do.
Desktop Processor Warranty Frequently Asked Questions This documents provides answers to the most frequent questions we receive regarding processor warranty.
Intel® Processor Installation Center This site contains installation material for this processors family and socket.

Intel® Core™ i7 and i9 Processor Extreme Edition Support Home Page

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