Intel Core i7-5960X vs Intel Core i7-7820X

Compare Intel Core X-series 8 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 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

5865 points

7% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6552 points

7275 points

11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5074 points

5393 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4955 points

5258 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8668 points

45% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

5958 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.38 points

165.28 points

16% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7331 points

7618 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1235 points

1368 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7412 points

7802 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1302 points

1416 points

8% 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 GHz

3.6 GHz

20% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

4.3 GHz

22% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W

Identical

140 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

42% many more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

298th of 1,089

262nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August

2017 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-5960X vs Core i7-7820X specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-7820X 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 and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-7820X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-5960X. Also, the Core i7-7820X has a slightly higher turbo speed. 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.