Phoronix tried the Intel Core i7 3960X Extreme Edition processor under Linux

By now you have likely heard of the Core i7 3960X processor, which is one of the Sandy Bridge Extreme CPUs that was launched in November by Intel to much excitement and talked about quite a bit on Phoronix in the past few days. In this article is a comprehensive look at the Intel Core i7 3960X performance under Ubuntu Linux.

  Intel Core i7 3960X Extreme Edition On Linux