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Intel

Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition

Processor

CPU cores: 4
CPU threads: 8
Maximum boost clock: 3.46 GHz
Thermal design power: 130 W

No matched benchmark results are available for this entry yet.

Processing & platform

CPU cores: 4
CPU threads: 8
Base clock: 3.2 GHz
Maximum supported memory bandwidth: 25.60 GB/s^*
Maximum boost clock: 3.46 GHz
Architecture: Nehalem^*
Socket / package: FCLGA1366^*
Process node: 45 nm^*

Cache hierarchy

Smart Cache / shared
Level
Smart Cache
Scope
shared
Size
8 MB
Reported cache^*
Size
8 MB^*
Level
Reported cache (level unstated)^*
Scope
Intel® Smart Cache^*

Memory & storage

Memory channels: 3^*

Supported memory

DDR3 800/1066^*

Power specifications

Thermal design power: 130 W

System configuration

Detailed specifications

Specifications 1 · 43 fields

Recommended Customer Price

$990.00^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

Price scope: Historical source recommendation; not a current retail offer. The original currency notation is retained.^*

Marketing Status

Discontinued^*

Launch Date

Q4'08^*

Servicing Status

End of Servicing Lifetime^*

Embedded Options Available

No^*

Sockets Supported

FCLGA1366^*

TCASE

67.9^* °C

Package Size

42.5mm x 45.0mm^*

Processing Die Size

263 mm2^*

# of Processing Die Transistors

731 million^*

Max CPU Configuration

1^*

Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡

1.0^*

Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡

Yes^*

Intel® 64 ‡

Yes^*

Instruction Set

64-bit^*

Idle States

Yes^*

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology

Yes^*

Intel® Demand Based Switching

No^*

Thermal Monitoring Technologies

No^*

Product Collection

Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors^*

Vertical Segment

Desktop^*

Instruction Set Extensions

Intel® SSE4.2^*

Intel® AES New Instructions

No^*

Intel® Trusted Execution Technology ‡

No^*

Execute Disable Bit ‡

Yes^*

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) ‡

Yes^*

Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT) ‡

Yes^*

Processor Number

i7-965^*

# of Cores

4^*

Total Threads

8^*

Processor Base Frequency

3.2^* GHz

Cache

8.0^* MB

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

Cache description: Intel® Smart Cache^*
Original declaration: 8 MB Intel® Smart Cache^*

TDP

130^* W

Bus Speed

6.4^* GT/s

# of QPI Links

1^*

Lithography

45^* nm

Max Turbo Frequency

3.46^* GHz

Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)

24^* GB

Memory Types

DDR3 800/1066^*

Max # of Memory Channels

3^*

Physical Address Extensions

36-bit^*

ECC Memory Supported ‡

No^*

Max Memory Bandwidth

25.6^* GB/s

Specifications 2 · 10 fields

microarchitecture

Nehalem^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

microarchitecture

Nehalem^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

Reported core clock

3.2^* GHz

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Source calls this core clock; it is not relabelled as base, sustained or gaming clock.^*

Reported core clock

3.2^* GHz

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Source calls this core clock; it is not relabelled as base, sustained or gaming clock.^*

core count

4^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

core count

4^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

name

Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

name

Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

tdp

130^* W

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

tdp

130^* W

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

* Provisional data