Intel Core i5-11500 vs Intel Core i7-5960X

Core i5-11500 vs Core i7-5960X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-5960X beats the Core i5-11500 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-11500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-5960X has slightly more cores than the Core i5-11500. Indeed, the Core i7-5960X has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-11500. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11500. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-5960X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11500. Despite this, the Core i5-11500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-11500 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-5960X 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 i5-11500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.