Intel Core i7-5930K vs Intel Core i7-1355U

Core i7-5930K vs Core i7-1355U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-5930K beats the Core i7-1355U in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-1355U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-1355U has significantly more cores than the Core i7-5930K. Indeed, the Core i7-1355U has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i7-5930K. 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 i7-1355U. Despite this, the Core i7-1355U has a slightly higher turbo speed.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-5930K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.