Intel Core i7-10750H vs Intel Core i7-5960X

Core i7-10750H vs Core i7-5960X specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-5960X beats the Core i7-10750H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-10750H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-5960X has slightly more cores than the Core i7-10750H. Indeed, the Core i7-5960X has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i7-10750H. It also has more threads than the Core i7-10750H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-5960X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-10750H. Despite this, the Core i7-10750H has a much higher turbo speed. A Core i7-10750H 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 i7-10750H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.