Intel Core i5-10500 vs Intel Core i7-6950X

Core i5-10500 vs Core i7-6950X benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-6950X beats the Core i5-10500 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-10500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-6950X has significantly more cores than the Core i5-10500. Indeed, the Core i7-6950X has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-10500. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10500. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-10500 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-6950X. Also, the Core i5-10500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-10500 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-6950X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-6950X has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-10500. The Core i7-6950X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i5-10500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.