Intel Core i7-5960X vs Intel Core i7-9750H

Compare Intel Core X-series 8 core CPU vs Intel 9th Generation Core i7 6 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
52% significantly better overall score
3576 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6552 points
30% slightly better gaming score
5033 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5074 points
62% significantly better multitasking score
3131 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4955 points
63% significantly better heavy workload score
3029 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8668 points
130% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
3768 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.38 points
53% significantly higher Blender score
92.31 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7331 points
48% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4927 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1235 points
1326 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7412 points
49% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4974 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1302 points
1359 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
15% slightly higher clock speed
2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz
4.5 GHz
28% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W
45 W
211% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

40
150% significantly more pcie lanes
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

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
477th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series
9th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August
2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-5960X vs Core i7-9750H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-5960X beats the Core i7-9750H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-9750H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-5960X has slightly more cores than the Core i7-9750H. Indeed, the Core i7-5960X has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i7-9750H. It also has more threads than the Core i7-9750H. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-5960X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9750H. Despite this, the Core i7-9750H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-9750H 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.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-5960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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