Intel Core i7-5930K vs Intel Core i7-6950X

Core i7-5930K vs Core i7-6950X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-6950X beats the Core i7-5930K in overall performance. 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 i7-6950X has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i7-5930K that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-5930K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-5930K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6950X. Also, the Core i7-5930K has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.