Product Specification

General

CPU Model : Intel Core i9-9960X

CPU Socket : LGA 2066

Manufacturing Process : 14 nm

Maximum Number of PCIe Lanes : 44 (Revision 3.0)

Unlocked : Yes

Maximum CPU Configuration : 1S

Delivery Method : Download

Internet Connection Required : Yes

Performance

Number of Cores : 16

Number of Threads : 32

Base Clock Speed : 3.1 GHz

Maximum Boost Speed : 4.5 GHz

L3 Cache : 22 MB

Memory Support

Memory Support : DDR4 2666 MHz

ECC Memory : No

Channel Architecture : Quad Channel

Maximum Capacity : 128 GB

Maximum Memory Bandwidth : 94 GB/s

Power

Thermal Design Power (TDP) : 165 W

Maximum Temperature : 185°F / 85°C

Included Thermal Solution : None

Thermal Monitoring Technologies : No

Thermal Solution : None

Integrated Graphics

Graphics Chipset : None

Output Support : eDP, DisplayPort, HDMI

Base Clock Speed : 350 MHz

Maximum Resolution Support : 4096 x 2304 at 60 Hz

Supported APIs

OpenGL: 4.5

DirectX: 12

Number of Displays : 3

Maximum Shared Video Memory : 64 GB

Maximum Boost Speed : 1.1 GHz

Packaging Info

Package Weight : 0.225 lb

Box Dimensions (LxWxH) : 4.65 x 4.1 x 1.75"

AMD

Performance Technologies : Precision Boost 2

Technology

AES Support : Yes

Extension : AVX 2.0, AVX-512, SSE 4.1/4.2

Instruction Set : 64-Bit

Virtualization : Yes: Intel VT-d, Intel VT-x

Intel

DMI : DMI3 (8 GT/s)

Optane Memory Support : Yes

vPro Support : Yes

Performance Technologies : Hyper-Threading, SpeedStep, Turbo Boost 2.0, Turbo Boost Max 3.0

Security Technologies : Device Protection with Boot Guard, Execute Disable Bit

Video Technologies : Clear Video, Clear Video HD, InTru 3D, Quick Sync Video

Windows

Supported OS Versions : Windows 10 (32/64-Bit)

Storage Requirements : 4 GB

Processor Requirement : 1.6 GHz

RAM Requirement : 4 GB

Minimum Display Resolution : 1280 x 768

Mac

Supported OS Versions : 10.13 - 10.15

Storage Requirements : 10 GB

Processor Requirement : Intel

RAM Requirement : 4 GB

Minimum Display Resolution : 1280 x 800

Intel Core i9-9960X, 16 Cores & 32 Threads Turbo Unlocked X-Series Processor

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The Intel Core i9-9960X is a Skylake-X generation processor from the Intel Core i9-series. It comes with an incredible 16 CPU cores and 32 processing threads for ultimate gaming. experience. The processor can deliver more than 100+ FPS in world's most popular games and can incredibly do your all heavy CPU-intensive works including Video Editing.

It. comes with a base clock speed of 3.1 GHz, and can turbo boost up to 4.5 GHz easily. Apart from this, the processor is unlocked for overclocking and it comes with a huge 22 MB of L3 cache memory along with quad-channel architecture and a lot more incredible features.

Product Features

The Intel Core i9-9960X is a skylake-x series processor with 16 cores & 32 threads.
The processor can easily provide 100+ FPS in the. world's most popular games and can easily do all video editing works easily.
It comes with a base clock speed of. 3.1 Ghz and. 4.5 GHz turbo boost speed, and is unlocked for. overclocking.
It support Quad DDR4-2666 Memory channels and a huge 22 MB of L3 cache memory.
The processor is compatible only with Motherboards based on Intel x299 chipsets and support intel optane memory.

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Product Specification

General

CPU Model : Intel Core i9-9960X

CPU Socket : LGA 2066

Manufacturing Process : 14 nm

Maximum Number of PCIe Lanes : 44 (Revision 3.0)

Unlocked : Yes

Maximum CPU Configuration : 1S

Delivery Method : Download

Internet Connection Required : Yes

Performance

Number of Cores : 16

Number of Threads : 32

Base Clock Speed : 3.1 GHz

Maximum Boost Speed : 4.5 GHz

L3 Cache : 22 MB

Memory Support

Memory Support : DDR4 2666 MHz

ECC Memory : No

Channel Architecture : Quad Channel

Maximum Capacity : 128 GB

Maximum Memory Bandwidth : 94 GB/s

Power

Thermal Design Power (TDP) : 165 W

Maximum Temperature : 185°F / 85°C

Included Thermal Solution : None

Thermal Monitoring Technologies : No

Thermal Solution : None

Integrated Graphics

Graphics Chipset : None

Output Support : eDP, DisplayPort, HDMI

Base Clock Speed : 350 MHz

Maximum Resolution Support : 4096 x 2304 at 60 Hz

Supported APIs

OpenGL: 4.5

DirectX: 12

Number of Displays : 3

Maximum Shared Video Memory : 64 GB

Maximum Boost Speed : 1.1 GHz

Packaging Info

Package Weight : 0.225 lb

Box Dimensions (LxWxH) : 4.65 x 4.1 x 1.75"

AMD

Performance Technologies : Precision Boost 2

Technology

AES Support : Yes

Extension : AVX 2.0, AVX-512, SSE 4.1/4.2

Instruction Set : 64-Bit

Virtualization : Yes: Intel VT-d, Intel VT-x

Intel

DMI : DMI3 (8 GT/s)

Optane Memory Support : Yes

vPro Support : Yes

Performance Technologies : Hyper-Threading, SpeedStep, Turbo Boost 2.0, Turbo Boost Max 3.0

Security Technologies : Device Protection with Boot Guard, Execute Disable Bit

Video Technologies : Clear Video, Clear Video HD, InTru 3D, Quick Sync Video

Windows

Supported OS Versions : Windows 10 (32/64-Bit)

Storage Requirements : 4 GB

Processor Requirement : 1.6 GHz

RAM Requirement : 4 GB

Minimum Display Resolution : 1280 x 768

Mac

Supported OS Versions : 10.13 - 10.15

Storage Requirements : 10 GB

Processor Requirement : Intel

RAM Requirement : 4 GB

Minimum Display Resolution : 1280 x 800

Intel Core I9-9960X (BX80673I99960X)

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Intel Core i9-9960X, 16 Cores & 32 Threads Turbo Unlocked X-Series Processor

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