Intel Core i7-860S: specs and benchmarks

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i7-860S
Intel Core i7-860S
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Year of release 2010
Performance 2.22

Summary

Intel started Core i7-860S sales 7 January 2010 at a recommended price of $422. This is a Lynnfield architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 8 threads, and is based on 45 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3460 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is LGA1156 processor with a TDP of 82 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.

It provides poor benchmark performance at

2.22%

of a leader's which is AMD EPYC 9654.

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General info

Core i7-860S processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance ranking1719
Value for money0.37
Market segmentDesktop processor
Architecture codenameLynnfield (2009−2010)
Release date7 January 2010 (13 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$422of 305 (Core i7-870)
Current price$114 (0.3x MSRP)of 15854 (Xeon Platinum 8276L)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Technical specs

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)
Threads8
Base clock speed2.53 GHzof 4.7 (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed3.46 GHzof 6 (Core i9-13900KS)
L1 cache64 KB (per core)of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)of 36864 (Apple M2 Max)
L3 cache8 MB (shared)of 768 (EPYC 7373X)
Chip lithography45 nmof 4 (Ryzen 9 7940HS)
Die size296 mm2
Number of transistors774 millionof 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-
Unlocked multiplier-

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-860S compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 configuration1of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketLGA1156
Power consumption (TDP)82 Wattof 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Core i7-860S. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2
AES-NI-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Turbo Boost Technology1.0
Hyper-Threading Technology+
Idle States+
Thermal Monitoring-
Demand Based Switching-
PAE36 Bit

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+
EDB+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d+
VT-x+
EPT+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core i7-860S's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3of 5600 (Ryzen 9 7940HS)
Maximum memory size16 GBof 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3)
Max memory channels2of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth21 GB/sof 460.8 (EPYC 9124)
ECC memory support-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version2.0of 5 (Core i9-12900K)
PCI Express lanes16of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Core i7-860S. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i7-860S 2.22

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

i7-860S 2796

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 37%

i7-860S 530

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 37%

i7-860S 1854

Gaming performance

Relative perfomance

Overall Core i7-860S performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop CPUs.


AMD A8-6500 100.45
Intel Core i7-860S 100
AMD A10-5700 97.75

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Core i7-860S is PRO A10-8750B, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 2 positions in our ranking.

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Here are some closest AMD rivals to Core i7-860S:

AMD A8-6500 100.45
Intel Core i7-860S 100
AMD A10-5700 97.75

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Here is our recommendation of several processors that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.

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