Intel Core i7-5960X vs Intel Core Ultra 7 256V

Compare Intel Core X-series 8 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 8 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

5922 points

8% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6552 points

9414 points

43% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5074 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

4857 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4955 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

4631 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.38 points

16% slightly higher Blender score

121.07 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7412 points

9727 points

31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1302 points

2431 points

86% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz

36% slightly higher clock speed

2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

4.8 GHz

37% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

400% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

300% significantly more supported memory

16 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

298th of 1,089

257th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August

2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600

DDR5-8533

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-5960X vs Core Ultra 7 256V comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 7 256V performs better than the Core i7-5960X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-5960X in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-5960X has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-5960X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 256V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 256V has a slightly 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.