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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i7-11700F outperforms the more expensive Core i7-3960X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i7-11700F is 3410 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-3960X.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-11700F
- Performs up to 16% better in Borderlands 3 than Core i7-3960X - 236 vs 203 FPS
- Up to 25% cheaper than Core i7-3960X - $190.75 vs $255.92
- Up to 36% better value when playing Borderlands 3 than Core i7-3960X - $0.9 vs $1.4 per FPS
- Consumes up to 50% less energy than Intel Core i7-3960X - 65 vs 130 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-3960X - 16 vs 12 threads
Borderlands 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Badass
Core i7-3960X
Desktop • Nov 14th, 2011
FPS
203
86.01694915254238%
Value, €/FPS
€1.4/FPS
64.28571428571429%
Price, €
€284.07
74%
Intel Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition Hexa-Core Processor 3.3 GHz 15 MB Cache LGA 2011 - BX80619I73960X
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Core i7-11700F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
236
100%
Value, €/FPS
€0.9/FPS
100%
Price, €
€211.73
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i7-11700F Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 4.9 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Badass
Core i7-3960X
Desktop • Nov 14th, 2011
Core i7-11700F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i7-3960X
Desktop • Nov 14th, 2011
Single-Core
690
32.841504045692524%
Multi-Core
3358
38.202502844141065%
Intel Core i7-3960X | vs | Intel Core i7-11700F |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 14th, 2011 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Sandy Bridge E | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| Intel Socket 2011 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 8 |
| 12 | Threads | 16 |
3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.5 GHz |
| 3.9 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.9 GHz |
| 130 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
33.0x | Multiplier | 25.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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