CPULaptopReleased 2013

Intel Core i7-4960HQ

4C/8T · 3.8 GHz · 47 W

A quad-core Haswell part from the Crystal Well line, which adds 128 MB of on-package eDRAM acting as a fourth-level cache for the integrated Iris Pro Graphics 5200. Soldered in a BGA package, it went into thin high-performance notebooks and all-in-ones where a discrete GPU was undesirable.

General

Manufacturer: Intel
Model: Intel Core i7-4960HQ
Segment: Laptop
Generation: 4th Gen Core
Codename: Crystal Well
Architecture: x86_64
Microarchitecture: Haswell
Release date: 2013
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Cores & clocks

Cores / threads: 4 cores / 8 threads
Base clock: 2.60 GHz
Boost clock: 3.80 GHz
TDP (design W): 47 W
Unlocked: ✕ No
L2 cache: 1 MB
L3 cache: 6 MB
Technology (nm): 22 nm
22 nm

Platform

Socket: FCBGA1364
2-CPU (multi-socket): ✕ No
Integrated GPU: Iris Pro 5200
Clock: 1,300 MHz
Memory type: DDR3L-1333/1600
2-channel
Memory size: Up to 32 GB
ECC memory: ✕ No
PCIe: PCIe 3.0 (16 lanes)

Instructions & AI

Instruction extensions: SSE4.1SSE4.2AVX2AES-NI
NPU: None

OS support

Windows: Windows 10
ChromeOS: ChromeOS
Linux: UbuntuFedoraArch Linux
Notes: Windows 10 runs on these processors, but Windows 11 requires 8th Gen Intel Core or newer, so 24H2, 25H2 and 26H2 are unsupported. Haswell implements SSE4.2 and AVX2 and therefore meets the x86-64-v3 baseline that current Ubuntu, Fedora and Arch builds assume. Machines of this era are supported by ChromeOS Flex.

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