Intel Core i7-5960X vs Intel Core i9-13900H

Core i7-5960X vs Core i9-13900H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-13900H is faster than the Core i7-5960X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-5960X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-13900H has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i7-5960X that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-5960X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-5960X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13900H. Despite this, the Core i9-13900H has a significantly higher turbo speed.

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.