Intel Core i5-11400 vs Intel Core i7-6950X

Core i5-11400 vs Core i7-6950X comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-11400 is faster than the Core i7-6950X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6950X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-6950X has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i5-11400 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11400. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-11400 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-6950X. Also, the Core i5-11400 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-11400 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 info from our database shows that the Core i5-11400 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-6950X. Despite this, the Core i7-6950X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-11400.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-11400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.