Thursday, April 25th 2013
Core i7-4960X "Ivy Bridge-E" Roughly 10% Faster than i7-3970X: Early Tests
PC enthusiast "Toppc" with the Coolaler.com, with access to a Core i7 "Ivy Bridge-E" sample clocked to match specifications of the Core i7-4960X, wasted no time in comparing the chip to a Core i7-3970X "Sandy Bridge-E." The two chips share a common socket LGA2011 design, and run on motherboards with Intel X79 Express chipset. An MSI X79A-GD45 Plus, with V17.1 BIOS was used to run the two chips. Among the tests Toppc put the chip through, are overclocker favorites SuperPi mod 1.6, CPU Mark '99, WPrime 1.63, Cinebench 11.5, 3DMark Vantage (CPU score), and 3DMark 06 (CPU score).
The Ivy Bridge-E chip outperformed its predecessor by roughly 5-10 percent across the board. In Cinebench, the i7-4960X scored 10.94 points in comparison to the i7-3970X' 10.16; SuperPi 32M was crunched by the i7-4960X in 9m 22.6s compared to the 9m 55.4s of the i7-3970X; CPU Mark scores between the two are 561 vs. 533, respectively; 3DMark Vantage CPU score being 38,644 points vs. 35,804, respectively; and 3DMark 06 scores 8,586 points vs. 8,099 points, respectively. In WPrime, the i7-4960X crunched 32M in 4.601s, compared to its predecessor's 5.01s. Below are the test screenshots, please note that they're high-resolution images, so please open each in a new tab.
Cinebench 11.5SuperPi and CPU Mark3DMark Vantage CPU score3DMark 06 CPU score and WPrime 1.63
Source:
Coolaler.com
The Ivy Bridge-E chip outperformed its predecessor by roughly 5-10 percent across the board. In Cinebench, the i7-4960X scored 10.94 points in comparison to the i7-3970X' 10.16; SuperPi 32M was crunched by the i7-4960X in 9m 22.6s compared to the 9m 55.4s of the i7-3970X; CPU Mark scores between the two are 561 vs. 533, respectively; 3DMark Vantage CPU score being 38,644 points vs. 35,804, respectively; and 3DMark 06 scores 8,586 points vs. 8,099 points, respectively. In WPrime, the i7-4960X crunched 32M in 4.601s, compared to its predecessor's 5.01s. Below are the test screenshots, please note that they're high-resolution images, so please open each in a new tab.
Cinebench 11.5SuperPi and CPU Mark3DMark Vantage CPU score3DMark 06 CPU score and WPrime 1.63
122 Comments on Core i7-4960X "Ivy Bridge-E" Roughly 10% Faster than i7-3970X: Early Tests
How's the overclocking on this chip?
Really pushing the envelope.
Intel has been squeezing optimizations and modifications of the same basic architecture for quite a few years now. It should not be surprising that the performance bump is now in the 5-10% range for each new iteration. Especially when taking into consideration the problems encountered when shrinking the design to smaller and smaller process nodes.
Judging by your system specs, you've already proven that you can readily do without Gulftown, Sandy Bridge, Ivy Bridge, and Sandy Bridge-E (not to mention Bulldozer and Piledriver).
Just as a point of interest:
Core i7 920...$284 four+ years ago
Core i7 3820...$300 now
Seems like a reasonable progression in performancegiven the fiercely competitive x86 market :laugh:
Which kinda negates the enthusiasm over the new CPUs since the older ones can be OC'ed.
Anyway, helllooo my new desktop! If only. :(
Hell, all in all, ignoring the fact that they're behind, I'd say AMD has made bigger advancements (not necessarily only performance-wise) than Intel, in these last 2 years or so...
Core 2 was great, it gave Intel a huge lead over AMD. But you're forgetting Tick Tock. Conroe was a game changer, but was Wolfdale (E6xxx vs. E8xxx) a massive game changer? No, it wasn't. What about the difference between Kentsfield (Q6xxx) and Yorksfield (Q7\8\9xxx)? Also not too massive. Then with Nahelem they got a little wonky with it. The fact is, Ivy Bridge was never intended to be a massive improvement on Sandy Bridge, Sandy Bridge was the massive improvement. If you remember, Sandy Bridge matched Nahelem's top dog for a fraction of the price, there's a reason the things flew off shelves.
At $230, RejZor's argument is taking on more water than a cardboard submarine.
I'm placing big hopes for Skylake architecture when it arrives sometime next year (probably) but who knows.