Intel Core i5-1035G4 vs Intel Core i7-3960X

Core i5-1035G4 vs Core i7-3960X benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-3960X performs better than the Core i5-1035G4. Despite this, the Core i5-1035G4 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-3960X has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i5-1035G4 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-1035G4. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-3960X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1035G4. Also, the Core i7-3960X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-1035G4 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3960X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-1035G4 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.