Intel Core i7-2860QM vs Intel Core i7-960

Core i7-2860QM vs Core i7-960 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-960 performs better than the Core i7-2860QM. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2860QM in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-960 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2860QM. Despite this, the Core i7-2860QM has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-2860QM CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-960 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. Indeed, the Core i7-2860QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.