Intel Core i7-5960X vs Intel Core i9-9820X

Core i7-5960X vs Core i9-9820X comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-9820X is faster than the Core i7-5960X. Despite this, the Core i7-5960X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-9820X has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i7-5960X has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-5960X. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-9820X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-5960X. Also, the Core i9-9820X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-5960X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-9820X CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-5960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.