Intel Core i7-975

Intel Core i7-975 Benchmark and Specs

Intel Core i7-975 Processor benchmark, specs and release date - 3 GHz 4 core Intel Core LGA 1366 CPU rating. Is the Core i7-975 good for gaming?

Benchmark Score

1,889
Average score from 1 sample
High uncertainty
Performance
Average
Ranking
742nd of 1,089
Popularity
583rd of 1,089
Samples
1 benchmarks

CPU benchmarks

Here are the performance results of this CPU in both the hardwareDB Benchmark and other benchmark utilities. Synthetic tests are an estimation of real-world performance using consistent and repeatable benchmarks.

Overall

Average

1,889

Gaming

Good

3,014

Multitasking

Average

1,556

Heavy Workloads

Average

1,494

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Alternative benchmarks

Here are some benchmark results using alternative testing software

Geekbench 5 (multi)

Geekbench 5 (multi)

Multi threaded benchmark

2,411
Geekbench 5 (single)

Geekbench 5 (single)

Single threaded benchmark

596
Geekbench 6 (multi)

Geekbench 6 (multi)

Multi threaded benchmark

1,859
Geekbench 6 (single)

Geekbench 6 (single)

Single threaded benchmark

538

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CPU Comparison

The Intel Core i7-975 compared against popular alternatives. Compare against more CPUs with our CPU Comparison Tool.

Intel Core i5-2500
1,975 points
Intel Core i5-2400
1,911 points
Intel Core i7-975
1,889 points
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T
1,888 points
Intel Xeon E3-1220
1,881 points
Intel Pentium Gold G5400
1,704 points
Intel Core i3-4370
1,591 points

Specifications

Clock Speed 3.33 GHz
Turbo Speed 3.6 GHz
Cores 4
Threads 8
Socket LGA 1366
Family Core
Memory Type DDR3-1066
Memory Channels 3
Max Memory 24 GiB
Release Date 2009-05-01
Supports ECC Memory No
TDP 130 W

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Intel Core i7-975

The Core i7-975 is a 4 core CPU from Intel released in 2009. This chip has an average overall score with 1889 points in our CPU benchmark. Our gaming benchmark shows that this CPU is a good processor for gaming, with a score of 3014 points. As for multitasking and heavy workloads, the Core i7-975 scores 1556 points and 1494 points respectively. Indeed, this is an average rating for very heavy workloads.

The Core i7-975 has 4 cores and 8 threads. This CPU makes use of simultaneous multithreading technology to improve performance on parallel tasks. Each physical CPU core is divided into multiple logical processors. This Intel CPU has a clock speed of 3.3 GHz and a turbo speed of 3.6 GHz : a higher clock speed that can be reached when thermals and power delivery allow.

As for memory, the Core i7-975 makes use of DDR3-1066 memory. The faster the memory, the better. Faster memory means that the CPU doesn't have to wait to get the data it needs. It can accommodate a maximum of 24 GiB of memory. Furthermore, this chip can handle up to 3 channels of RAM, a multichannel memory architecture allows for higher data transfer between the CPU and the memory. However, to take advantage of this, you must have enough memory slots filled. Error correcting memory is not supported on this processor.

Power and thermals for the Intel Core i7-975 CPU are a TDP (Thermal Design Power) of 130 watts. This measures the amount of heat the processor produces when running at full load. This isn't a measure of power consumption, but it's a good estimate.

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