Intel Core i7-5960X vs Intel Core i7-9850H

Core i7-5960X vs Core i7-9850H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-5960X performs better than the Core i7-9850H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-9850H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-5960X has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i7-9850H that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-9850H. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-5960X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9850H. Despite this, the Core i7-9850H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-9850H 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.