Intel Core i5-11600K vs Intel Core i7-960

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 199.00
$ 150.00
$ 49.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6621 points
231% significantly better overall score
1995 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9474 points
194% significantly better gaming score
3216 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5722 points
251% significantly better multitasking score
1629 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5531 points
253% significantly better heavy workload score
1563 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

156.80 points
385% significantly higher Blender score
32.27 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8447 points
396% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1700 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2118 points
321% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
503 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8549 points
411% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1672 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2208 points
348% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
492 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz
21% slightly higher clock speed
3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
41% slightly higher turbo speed
3.46 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W
4% slightly lower TDP
130 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
3
49% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
433% significantly more supported memory
24 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

215th of 1,089
719th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i5
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February
2009 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-11600K vs Core i7-960 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-11600K is faster than the Core i7-960. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-960 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-11600K has significantly more cores than the Core i7-960. Indeed, the Core i5-11600K has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-960. It also has more threads than the Core i7-960. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-11600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-960. Also, the Core i5-11600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-11600K CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-960 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i5-11600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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