Intel Core i7-10870H vs Intel Core i7-6950X

Core i7-10870H vs Core i7-6950X benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-6950X performs better than the Core i7-10870H. Despite this, the Core i7-10870H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-6950X has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i7-10870H has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-10870H. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-6950X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10870H. Despite this, the Core i7-10870H has a much higher turbo speed. A Core i7-10870H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-6950X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-6950X has more L2 cache than the Core i7-10870H. The Core i7-6950X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i7-10870H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.