Intel Core i7-5930K vs Intel Core i7-9750HF

Compare Intel Core X-series 6 core CPU vs Intel 6 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

3873 points

0.08% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5431 points

10% slightly better gaming score

4925 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3361 points

3532 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3246 points

3431 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

98.86 points

21% slightly higher Blender score

81.47 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5677 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

4839 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1222 points

1360 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

35% slightly higher clock speed

2.59 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

4.5 GHz

21% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W

45 W

211% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

150% 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

128 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

448th of 1,089

445th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

9th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August

2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-5930K vs Core i7-9750HF benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-5930K is faster than the Core i7-9750HF. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-9750HF in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-5930K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9750HF.

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.