Intel Core i7-11370H vs Intel Core i7-5960X

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 8 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

3785 points

5462 points

44% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6030 points

6552 points

8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3116 points

5074 points

62% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2986 points

4955 points

65% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4912 points

8668 points

76% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

72.14 points

141.38 points

95% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5418 points

7331 points

35% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1718 points

39% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1235 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5498 points

7412 points

34% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1773 points

36% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1302 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz

37% slightly higher turbo speed

3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

300% significantly lower TDP

140 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

Identical

64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

452nd of 1,089

298th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i7

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200

DDR4-1600

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-11370H vs Core i7-5960X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-5960X beats the Core i7-11370H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-11370H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-5960X has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i7-11370H has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-11370H. A Core i7-11370H 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. Indeed, the Core i7-11370H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.