| Name: | Intel Core i7-965 | 
| Family: | Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition | 
| Group: | Intel Core i7 900 | 
| Segment: | Desktop / Server | 
| Generation: | 1 | 
 
                    | Name: | Intel Core i7-965 | 
| Family: | Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition | 
| Group: | Intel Core i7 900 | 
| Segment: | Desktop / Server | 
| Generation: | 1 | 
| CPU Cores: | 4 | 
| Threads: | 8 | 
| Cores: | 4x | 
| Core architecture: | normal | 
| Hyperthreading: | Yes | 
| Overclocking: | Yes | 
| Frequency: | 3.2 GHz | 
| Turbo Frequency (1 core): | 3.46 GHz | 
| Memory type: | DDR3-1066 | 
| Max. Memory: | 24.0 GB | 
| Memory channels: | 3 | 
| Bandwidth: | 25.6 GB/s | 
| ECC: | No | 
| PCIe: | pci | 
| AES-NI: | No | 
| TDP (PL1 / PBP): | 130 W | 
| TDP (PL2): | None | 
| TDP up: | None | 
| TDP down: | None | 
| Tjunction max: | -- | 
| Technology: | 45 nm | 
| Chip design: | Monolithic | 
| Socket: | LGA 1366 | 
| L2-Cache: | 1.0 MB | 
| L3-Cache: | 8.0 MB | 
| Architecture: | Bloomfield | 
| Operating systems: | Windows 10, Linux | 
| Virtualization: | VT-x, VT-x EPT | 
| Instruction set (ISA): | x86-64 (64 bit) | 
| ISA extensions: | SSE4.1, SSE4.2 | 
| Release date: | Q4/2008 | 
| Release price: | 990 $ | 
| Part Number: | BX80601965 | 
| Documents: | Technical data sheet | 
 Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
|   | Intel Core i3-7167U 
                    2C 4T @ 2.8 GHz
                 | 3370 | 
|   | Intel Core i3-4150 
                    2C 4T @ 3.5 GHz
                 | 3369 | 
|   | Intel Core i7-965 
                    4C 8T @ 3.2 GHz
                 | 3321 | 
|   | Intel Core i7-6560U 
                    2C 4T @ 2.2 GHz
                 | 3318 | 
|   | Intel Core i7-6498DU 
                    2C 4T @ 2.5 GHz
                 | 3317 | 
 Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
|   | Intel Core i5-3470S 
                    4C 4T @ 2.9 GHz
                 | 2455 | 
|   | Intel Core i5-4670T 
                    4C 4T @ 2.3 GHz
                 | 2427 | 
|   | Intel Core i7-965 
                    4C 8T @ 3.2 GHz
                 | 2420 | 
|   | Intel Core i7-2600S 
                    4C 8T @ 2.8 GHz
                 | 2418 | 
|   | Intel Core i3-1000G4 
                    4C 8T @ 1.1 GHz
                 | 2416 | 
 Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
    Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
|   | Intel Core i3-4330 
                    2C 4T @ 3.5 GHz
                 | 2179 | 
|   | Intel Core i3-6100T 
                    2C 4T @ 3.2 GHz
                 | 2176 | 
|   | Intel Core i7-965 
                    4C 8T @ 3.2 GHz
                 | 2174 | 
|   | Intel Core i7-2600 
                    4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
                 | 2169 | 
|   | Intel Core i3-8130U 
                    2C 4T @ 2.2 GHz
                 | 2168 | 
 Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
    Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
|   | Intel Celeron G3900 
                    2C 2T @ 2.8 GHz
                 | 620 | 
|   | Intel Core i7-2760QM 
                    4C 8T @ 2.4 GHz
                 | 612 | 
|   | Intel Core i7-965 
                    4C 8T @ 3.2 GHz
                 | 610 | 
|   | Intel Core i5-3340M 
                    2C 4T @ 2.7 GHz
                 | 604 | 
|   | Intel Core i7-3610QM 
                    4C 8T @ 2.3 GHz
                 | 598 | 
 Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
|   | Intel Xeon D-1571 
                    16C 32T @ 1.3 GHz
                 | 578 | 
|   | Intel Xeon D-1577 
                    16C 32T @ 1.3 GHz
                 | 578 | 
|   | Intel Core i7-965 
                    4C 8T @ 3.2 GHz
                 | 576 | 
|   | Intel Core i3-2100 
                    2C 4T @ 3.1 GHz
                 | 575 | 
|   | Intel Core i3-2102 
                    2C 4T @ 3.1 GHz
                 | 575 |