Xeon Gold 5320T vs i7-3960X Extreme Edition

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Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1335not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesIntel Core i7EEno data
Power efficiency1.64no data
DesignerIntelIntel
Manufacturerno dataIntel
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date14 November 2011 (13 years ago)6 April 2021 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition and Xeon Gold 5320T basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores6 (Hexa-Core)20 (Icosa-Core)
Threads1240
Base clock speedno data2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus typeDMI 2.0no data
Bus rate5 GT/sno data
Multiplier33no data
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache1,536 KB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache15 MB30 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm10 nm
Die size434.72 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data86 °C
Number of transistors2270 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition and Xeon Gold 5320T compatibility with other computer components: 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)2
Socketno dataFCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition and Xeon Gold 5320T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition and Xeon Gold 5320T technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition and Xeon Gold 5320T are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition and Xeon Gold 5320T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-2933
Maximum memory size64 GB6 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition and Xeon Gold 5320T.

PCIe version2.004.0
PCI Express lanes4064

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 November 2011 6 April 2021
Physical cores 6 20
Threads 12 40
Chip lithography 32 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 150 Watt

i7-3960X Extreme Edition has 15.4% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5320T, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, 233.3% more physical cores and 233.3% more threads, and a 220% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Intel Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition and Intel Xeon Gold 5320T. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 5320T is a server/workstation one.

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