Template:mpu The Core i7-4960X Extreme Edition is a 64-bit hexa-core top-of-the-line MPU introduced by Intel for the enthusiasts market. The i7-4960X served as Intel's flagship microprocessor for the Ivy Bridge microarchitecture - it was superseded by the Haswell-based i7-5960X MPU. Operating at 3.6 GHz with turbo frequency of 4 GHz for a single core, this chip supports 64 GiB of memory (DDR3) and has a TDP of 130 Watts.

Cache

Main article: Ivy Bridge's Cache

Cache Info [Edit Values]
L1I$	192 KiB 196,608 B 0.188 MiB	6x32 KiB 8-way set associative (per core)
L1D$	192 KiB 196,608 B 0.188 MiB	6x32 KiB 8-way set associative (per core)
L2$	1,536 KiB 1.5 MiB 1,572,864 B 0.00146 GiB	6x256 KiB 8-way set associative (per core)
L3$	15 MiB 15,360 KiB 15,728,640 B 0.0146 GiB	20-way set associative (shared)

Graphics

This SoC has no integrated graphics processing unit.

Memory controller

Integrated Memory Controller
Type	DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600, DDR3-1866
Controllers	1
Channels	4
ECC Support	No
Max bandwidth	59.7 GB/s
Max memory	64 GiB

Expansions

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	Expansion Options
	PCIe Revision 3.00 Max Lanes 40 Configs x1, x4, x8, x16

Features

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	Supported x86 Extensions & Processor Features
	MMX MMX Extension SSE Streaming SIMD Extensions SSE2 Streaming SIMD Extensions 2 SSE3 Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 SSSE3 Supplemental SSE3 AVX Advanced Vector Extensions AES AES Encryption Instructions F16C 16-bit Floating Point Conversion NX No-eXecute HT Hyper-Threading TBT 2.0 Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 EIST Enhanced SpeedStep Technology EPT Extended Page Tables (SLAT)

Die Shot

• 22 nm process
• 1,860,000,000 transistors
• 256.5 mm²
• 15.0 mm x 17.1 mm

See also

• Core i7 Extreme Edition