Intel Core i7-5960X vs Intel Core Ultra 7 268V

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

5659 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6552 points

8803 points

34% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5074 points

8% slightly better multitasking score

4696 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4955 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

4485 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.38 points

21% slightly higher Blender score

116.39 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7412 points

9715 points

31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1302 points

2434 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

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

100% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

298th of 1,089

279th 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 268V comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 268V 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.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-5960X has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-5960X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 268V.

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.