Intel Core i5-6400T vs Intel Core i7-960

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

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Intel Core i7-960

Price

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$ 189.95

$ 150.00

$ 39.95 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1487 points

1995 points

34% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2581 points

3216 points

24% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1170 points

1629 points

39% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1126 points

1563 points

38% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

33.08 points

2% slightly higher Blender score

32.27 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2387 points

40% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1700 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

896 points

78% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

503 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2547 points

52% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1672 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

937 points

90% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

492 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz

3.2 GHz

45% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

2.8 GHz

3.46 GHz

23% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

271% significantly lower TDP

130 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

49% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

166% significantly more supported memory

24 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

812th of 1,089

719th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2009 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6400T vs Core i7-960 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-960 beats the Core i5-6400T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6400T in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-960 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-960 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6400T. Also, the Core i7-960 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6400T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-960 CPU because of its significantly 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. For instance, the Core i5-6400T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.