Core i7-5960X vs Core i9-7940X comparison
In our benchmarks, the Core i7-5960X beats the Core i9-7940X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-7940X in all gaming tests too.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-7940X has significantly more cores than the Core i7-5960X. Indeed, the Core i9-7940X has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i7-5960X. It also has more threads than the Core i7-5960X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-7940X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-5960X. Also, the Core i9-7940X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-5960X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-7940X CPU because of its slightly 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.
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