Intel Core i9 7960X Linux Benchmarks

Threadripper 1950X had the core/thread count advantage over Intel with the high-end desktop processor space up until now. Going from 10c/20t with the i9-7900X to now matching the Threadripper 1950X at 16 cores / 32 threads with the 7960X is enough to push Intel further ahead with the heavily threaded tests. NPB's embarrassingly parallel test puts the 7960X about 22% faster than the 1950X, but keep in mind the 7960X does cost significantly more than the current Threadripper parts.

With the LU solver where the 7900X was previously faster than the 1950X, the 7960X only extends those gains.

For some non-heavily threaded code, with NPB's Scalar Penta-diagonal solver, the Core i7 7740X does the best due to its higher frequencies of a 4.3GHz base with 4.5GHz turbo.

In Parboil's CUTCP test, the 7960X ties with the 1950X.