Intel Core i7-5960X vs Intel Core i7-1270P

Core i7-5960X vs Core i7-1270P specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-5960X is faster than the Core i7-1270P. Despite this, the Core i7-1270P has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-1270P has significantly more cores than the Core i7-5960X. Indeed, the Core i7-1270P has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i7-5960X. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-5960X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-1270P. Despite this, the Core i7-1270P has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-1270P outputs less heat than Core i7-5960X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. 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 i7-5960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.