More Core i7-4960X "Ivy Bridge-E" Benchmarks Surface

[haswrong]

What does that mean?

i think making new motherboards for ib-e is a losing trade for mb manufacturers. how many will upgrade to ib-e just to lower the consumption? most people who fancy 2011 dont care about consumption that much that it would be their main priority for upgrade. why bother with upgrade, when haswell-e will have a new socket? its a complete waste of money and material for no visible improvement. if intel want me to upgrade, theyd better present me an offer i cant refuse.

 

[drdeathx]

The one in hardware canucks was throttling. Thats why it under performed. Although you intel folks don't seem to like any responses othrr than intel is god. This is a maybe 5% performance increase what a waste of a release.

I agree. Intel is failing ATM allowing AMD to race up their sphinkter.

 

[TheHunter]

They gained some extra space might as well make it a 8core. But nooo

 

[ensabrenoir]

are you really sure no one can utilize more computational power? you are talking about enthusiast platform. i dont care if intels focus shifted. if they shift it the wrong way, im not buying and intel goes bankrupt. intel clearly doesnt want new money from customers.

i actually have an asrock x79 extreme 9 with a 3820 i got only because i wanted to wait for ivy-e (pc atm). I plan on going to a six core with ivy-e. Your right some do need more comp power though as some use their rigs for more than gaming. The xeon users prob won't be complaining about anything though. Intel wants more of the everydayer/upgrade everytime a new ones out/facebookers-tablet-tweeters money

Haswell -e if i remember correctly will shift the enthusiast line to 6 & 8 core cpus with the next chipset.

 

[Am*]

Power consumption numbers look pretty nice to me.
http://www.techpowerup.com/img/13-07-18/143e.jpg

Agreed, power consumption numbers look pretty impressive, especially for an engineering sample. If these chips are done right and use fluxless solder instead of that shitty thermal paste, they may well have a killer enthusiast chip on their hands that will clock past the 4.5GHz mark.

 

[Jstn7477]

Agreed, power consumption numbers look pretty impressive, especially for an engineering sample. If these chips are done right and use fluxless solder instead of that shitty thermal paste, they may well have a killer enthusiast chip on their hands that will clock past the 4.5GHz mark.

They're soldered. There was a report of one being delidded a couple weeks back and it destroyed the die. http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=733766

 

[xorbe]

that power consumption == where's my 8 core

 

[Lionheart]

Sorry, but being decent in roughly 7 out of 40 tests at Hardware Canucks doesn't bode well for a processor that is clocked 1200MHz above the competition, costs 1.5-3x more unless you are comparing to 3970X, gets poopy frame rates in games compared to a mainstream Intel CPU, and consumes a ridiculous amount of power for the rather lackluster performance you get, although you've already stated that you don't care if your chip takes almost 300w.

Since I am entitled to an opinion just as you are, I'll stick with my relatively quiet computer, fairly cool room and a ~100w processor that provides great, predictable performance across the board because I don't want my HD 7970 and 120Hz monitor being under-utilized in non-DX11 games which already happens even with my processor. Have fun with your FX 9370 or whatever you ordered.

A simple comment really brings out the Intel fanboy in you

 

[cdawall]

I agree. Intel is failing ATM allowing AMD to race up their sphinkter.

That's what happens when you get left in every other market. They still can't beat amd in cores per cluster and the server market is moving that way. Oh well let the performance hounds have their fun. Games still play the same between this and the 9590 at the same price.

 

[1c3d0g]

that power consumption == where's my 8 core

Word on the street has it that Haswell-E will be the one to have 8 cores.

 

[radrok]

Oh well let the performance hounds have their fun. Games still play the same between this and the 9590 at the same price.

On CPU heavy games? No way on earth, you are dreaming.

Higher IPC from Intel CPUs also helps a ton on minimum framerates, average doesn't tell the whole story.

 

[cdawall]

On CPU heavy games? No way on earth, you are dreaming.

Higher IPC from Intel CPUs also helps a ton on minimum framerates, average doesn't tell the whole story.

Depends on the game higher IPC is cool until it is heavily multithreaded like most modern games and then AMD starts to take the lead.

 

[MxPhenom 216]

On CPU heavy games? No way on earth, you are dreaming.

Higher IPC from Intel CPUs also helps a ton on minimum framerates, average doesn't tell the whole story.

Don't worry he defends anything AMD like it's his own child, it's okay.

 

[radrok]

Depends on the game higher IPC is cool until it is heavily multithreaded like most modern games and then AMD starts to take the lead.

You really are convinced of what you are saying

Are you completely sure that an AMD Octa can/starts to take the lead on a multithreaded game scenario against an Intel Hexa?

If so please show me proof because every single overclock review I've seen shows the AMD CPU way behind.

 

[cdawall]

You really are convinced of what you are saying

Are you completely sure that an AMD Octa can/starts to take the lead on a multithreaded game scenario against an Intel Hexa?

If so please show me proof because every single overclock review I've seen shows the AMD CPU way behind.

There are multiple times it actually leads in minimum FPS.

 

[radrok]

Heavy GPU bound situations do not reflect CPU performance, imho.

I'm betting the CPUs here don't even get properly stressed.

Throw in one or a couple more GPUs and you'll see the difference.

 

[cdawall]

Heavy GPU bound situations do not reflect CPU performance, imho.

I'm betting the CPUs here don't even get properly stressed.

Throw in one or a couple more GPUs and you'll see the difference.

Are those not acceptable frame rates in multiple AAA titles at a resolution people play at?

Win loose or draw it shows the minimum FPS on the AMD side for multiple games. That means there is something within the AMD setup allowing better performance.

You can argue GPU bound vs CPU bound all you want, but in the real world those graphs show it all there will be no difference in actual performance while gaming. Mind you that is a basically stock clocked 9590 as well.

 

[radrok]

Actually those minimum framerates are in the margin of error of GPU rendering performance.

Wanna bet the average/maximum and minimum framerate with a 5GHz 3930/3960 will always be favouring the Intel CPU?

Take a look here, how the game changes when you add more than one GPU

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6985/choosing-a-gaming-cpu-at-1440p-adding-in-haswell-/7

 

[cdawall]

Actually those minimum framerates are in the margin of error of GPU rendering performance.

Wanna bet the average/maximum and minimum framerate with a 5GHz 3930/3960 will always be favouring the Intel CPU?

Take a look here, how the game changes when you add more than one GPU

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6985/choosing-a-gaming-cpu-at-1440p-adding-in-haswell-/7

That game sucks.

Two GPU's Dirt 3 and it is within 10%. I would honestly be curious how it did with one of the boards running PCI-E 3.0 vs 2.0. It appears to have madea huge difference with the intel chips.

 

[radrok]

That's better, for sure.

What I really don't like about the AMD CPU (for gaming) is the fact it blows on poorly threaded games.

It's a really good multithreaded CPU but you can feel it lacks on the IPC department and that's a deal killer for me.

They need to increase that to get back into the game and not get laughed at.

 

[MxPhenom 216]

There are multiple times it actually leads in minimum FPS.

http://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/AvP5.png http://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/sleeping-dogs4.png

http://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/tomb-raider3.png http://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/max-payne-3.png

http://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dirt-showdown5.png http://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/metro-last-light5.png

http://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/GRID-21.png

Are you for real?

 

[cdawall]

That's better, for sure.

What I really don't like about the AMD CPU (for gaming) is the fact it blows on poorly threaded games.

It's a really good multithreaded CPU but you can feel it lacks on the IPC department and that's a deal killer for me.

They need to increase that to get back into the game and not get laughed at.

Hopefully steamroller will fix that issue. For now AMD owners just have to deal with the added multithreading performance. This will be my first FX chip so it will be interesting.

Are you for real?

Using those benchmarks to determine CPU performance in gaming is wrong. Set the resolution and settings the lowest it will go, and then you have relevant benchmarks to determine overall CPU performance in games.

I personally couldn't give two shits how it performs at 640x480 I care about actual real world performance. If it can play my game just as good during eyefinity as an Intel why swap.

 

[radrok]

Anyway, let's get out of gaming for a second, where GPU is way more important than CPU.

From the same review

Really shows you AMD has some serious catch up if they want to price their products where they have.

Doesn't even begin to match a STOCK i7 hexa.

 

[cdawall]

Anyway, let's get out of gaming for a second, where GPU is way more important than CPU.

From the same review

http://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/3dstudio-max.png

Really shows you AMD has some serious catch up if they want to price their products where they have.

Doesn't even begin to match a STOCK i7 hexa.

Use an encoder that utilizes AVX or FMA4 and the performance is very close.

 

[radrok]

That's the issue, to get the best performance out of it you need to use this and use that.

Why do you have to compromise when you can get a product that performs well everywhere?