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

Core i5-11400H vs Core i7-6950X benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-6950X is faster than the Core i5-11400H. Despite this, the Core i5-11400H 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 i5-11400H. Indeed, the Core i7-6950X has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-11400H. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11400H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-6950X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11400H. Despite this, the Core i5-11400H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-11400H 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 i5-11400H has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-6950X. Despite this, the Core i7-6950X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-11400H.

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 i5-11400H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.