Intel Core i7-5820K vs Intel Core i7-960

Core i7-5820K vs Core i7-960 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-5820K beats the Core i7-960 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-960 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-5820K has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i7-960 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-960. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-5820K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-960. Also, the Core i7-5820K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-960 outputs less heat than Core i7-5820K thanks to a slightly 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 i7-5820K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.