Intel Core i7-5960X vs Intel Core 5 210H

Compare Intel Core X-series 8 core CPU vs Intel Core (Series 2) 8 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

5462 points

5640 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6552 points

8677 points

32% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5074 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

4783 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4955 points

7% slightly better heavy workload score

4629 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.38 points

8% slightly higher Blender score

130.38 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz

36% slightly higher clock speed

2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

4.8 GHz

37% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

42% many 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

306th of 1,102

294th of 1,102

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Core (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August

2024 November

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 i7-5960X vs Core 5 210H specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core 5 210H beats the Core i7-5960X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-5960X in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-5960X has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-5960X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core 5 210H. Despite this, the Core 5 210H has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i7-5960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.