Intel Core i7-5960X vs Intel Core i5-13420H

Core i7-5960X vs Core i5-13420H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-5960X beats the Core i5-13420H in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-13420H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-5960X has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-5960X has a much higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13420H. Despite this, the Core i5-13420H 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 i7-5960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.