Intel Core i7-5930K vs Intel Core 5 120U

Compare Intel Core X-series 6 core CPU vs Intel Core (Series 1) 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3870 points

4342 points

12% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5431 points

7190 points

32% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3361 points

3534 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3246 points

3381 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

98.86 points

15% slightly higher Blender score

85.75 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5677 points

7114 points

25% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1222 points

2111 points

72% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

150% significantly higher clock speed

1.4 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

100% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

96 GiB

49% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

448th of 1,089

407th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Core (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August

2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600

DDR5-5200

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-5930K vs Core 5 120U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core 5 120U is faster than the Core i7-5930K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-5930K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core 5 120U has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i7-5930K that has 6 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-5930K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core 5 120U.

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 i7-5930K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.