Core i7 5960X
Intel desktop processor · Core i 5th gen · launched August 2014
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Launch price in today's dollars
The Core i7 5960X launched at $999 in 2014. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $1,397 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 40% rise over 12 years. At its launch price that is 12 Blender points per $100.
Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2014 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.
Blender rendering score
Median score 122 (middle half of runs 116–143) across 12 community runs on Blender 4.x with the CPU backend. That is #170 of 290 desktop processors in our dataset with a score, and #1 of 4 in the Core i 5th gen.
This is a rendering benchmark (samples per minute over the monster, junkshop and classroom scenes), not a gaming benchmark. It says how fast the part renders in Blender's Cycles engine and nothing about frame rates. Source: Blender Open Data, CC0, snapshot 2026-09-06.
Specifications
| Vendor | Intel |
|---|---|
| Series | Core i 5th gen |
| Launched | August 2014 |
| Launch price | $999 (1,000-unit price) |
| Socket | LGA 2011-3 |
| Cores / threads | 8 / 16 |
| Base clock | 3 GHz |
| Boost clock | 3.5 GHz |
| L3 cache | 20 MB |
| Rated power | 140 W (TDP) |
| Tier | 7-series |
The Intel 7-series over time
Intel desktop processors in the same tier around this one, oldest first, re-releases left out. Prices in launch dollars and in 2026 dollars; scores are Blender 4.x medians where they exist.
| Part | Year | Launch price | In 2026 $ | Blender |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core i7 4960X | 2013 | $990 | $1,406 | — |
| Core i7 4785T | 2014 | $303 | $424 | — |
| Core i7 4790 | 2014 | $312 | $436 | 62 |
| Core i7 4790S | 2014 | $312 | $436 | — |
| Core i7 4790T | 2014 | $303 | $424 | — |
| Core i7 4790K | 2014 | $350 | $489 | 70 |
| Core i7 5820K | 2014 | $389 | $544 | 93 |
| Core i7 5930K | 2014 | $583 | $815 | 87 |
| Core i7 5960X | 2014 | $999 | $1,397 | 122 |
| Core i7 5775C | 2015 | $366 | $511 | — |
| Core i7 6700K | 2015 | $339 | $473 | 80 |
| Core i7 6700 | 2015 | $303 | $423 | 68 |
| Core i7 6700T | 2015 | $303 | $423 | 56 |
| Core i7 6785R | 2016 | — | — | — |
| Core i7 6800K | 2016 | $434 | $598 | 97 |
| Core i7 6850K | 2016 | $617 | $851 | 103 |
Compare with
- Core i7 5820K · 2014 · $389 · 93
- Core i7 4960X · 2013 · $990
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