Intel Core i7-3960X vs Intel Core i7-8705G

Core i7-3960X vs Core i7-8705G comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3960X beats the Core i7-8705G in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8705G in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-3960X has significantly more cores than the Core i7-8705G. Indeed, the Core i7-3960X has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-8705G. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8705G. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-3960X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8705G. Despite this, the Core i7-8705G has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-8705G 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.

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 i7-3960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.