Intel Core i7-3960X vs Intel Core i9-10900X

Core i7-3960X vs Core i9-10900X specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-10900X beats the Core i7-3960X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3960X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-10900X has significantly more cores than the Core i7-3960X. Indeed, the Core i9-10900X has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i7-3960X. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3960X. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-10900X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-3960X. Also, the Core i9-10900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-3960X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-10900X CPU because of its slightly 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.