Intel Core i7-3960X vs Intel Xeon E-2176M

Compare Intel Core X-series 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

Benchmark Score
Other Benchmarks
Specifications
Comments (0)
Popular Comparisons

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3693 points

2% slightly better overall score

3606 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4998 points

5438 points

8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3261 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

3050 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3155 points

7% slightly better heavy workload score

2927 points

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Core i7-3960X and the Xeon E-2176M? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Download CPU Benchmark

Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

69.62 points

87.69 points

25% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3363 points

5044 points

49% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

665 points

1415 points

112% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3209 points

4813 points

49% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

661 points

1367 points

106% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

22% slightly higher clock speed

2.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

4.4 GHz

12% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

130 W

45 W

188% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

150% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

Identical

64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

464th of 1,089

475th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Xeon E

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 November

2018 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

DDR4-2666

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-3960X vs Xeon E-2176M comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-3960X performs better than the Xeon E-2176M. Despite this, the Xeon E-2176M has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-3960X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon E-2176M. Despite this, the Xeon E-2176M has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E-2176M outputs less heat than Core i7-3960X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-3960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.