Intel Core i5-8600 vs Intel Core i7-5960X

Core i5-8600 vs Core i7-5960X benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-5960X is faster than the Core i5-8600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8600 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-5960X has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-8600 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-8600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-5960X. Also, the Core i5-8600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8600 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.

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 i5-8600 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.