Intel Core i7-11800H vs Intel Core i7-5960X

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i7 8 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

6296 points

15% slightly better overall score

5462 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8432 points

28% slightly better gaming score

6552 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5628 points

10% slightly better multitasking score

5074 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5474 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

4955 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6720 points

8668 points

28% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

150.35 points

6% slightly higher Blender score

141.38 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8024 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

7331 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1892 points

53% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1235 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7795 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

7412 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1896 points

45% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1302 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz

3 GHz

30% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

31% slightly higher turbo speed

3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

211% significantly lower TDP

140 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

100% 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

236th 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 May

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-11800H vs Core i7-5960X benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-11800H is faster than the Core i7-5960X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-5960X in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-5960X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-11800H. Despite this, the Core i7-11800H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-11800H 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 i7-11800H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.