Core i7-5960X vs Core i7-6950X comparison
According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-5960X is faster than the Core i7-6950X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6950X in all gaming tests too.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-6950X has slightly more cores than the Core i7-5960X. Indeed, the Core i7-6950X has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i7-5960X. It also has more threads than the Core i7-5960X. In terms of clock speed, the Core i7-5960X and Core i7-6950X are identical in this regard. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. 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 i7-5960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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