Intel Core i7-3960X vs Intel Core i7-1255U

Core i7-3960X vs Core i7-1255U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-3960X performs better than the Core i7-1255U. Despite this, the Core i7-1255U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-1255U has significantly more cores than the Core i7-3960X. Indeed, the Core i7-1255U has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i7-3960X. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-3960X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-1255U. Despite this, the Core i7-1255U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-1255U outputs less heat than Core i7-3960X thanks to a 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 i7-3960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.