Intel Core i5-9500T vs Intel Core i7-3960X

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3104 points

3693 points

18% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5158 points

3% slightly better gaming score

4998 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2485 points

3261 points

31% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2385 points

3155 points

32% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

53.77 points

69.62 points

29% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4181 points

24% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3363 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1210 points

81% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

665 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4238 points

32% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3209 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1248 points

88% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

661 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

3.3 GHz

49% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

3.9 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

271% significantly lower TDP

130 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

150% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

524th of 1,089

464th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i5

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May

2011 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-9500T vs Core i7-3960X specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-3960X is faster than the Core i5-9500T. Despite this, the Core i5-9500T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-3960X has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-3960X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-9500T. Also, the Core i7-3960X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-9500T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3960X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core i5-9500T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.