Intel Core i7-5960X vs Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4

Core i7-5960X vs Xeon E5-1650 v4 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-5960X is faster than the Xeon E5-1650 v4. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-1650 v4 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-5960X has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Xeon E5-1650 v4 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-1650 v4. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-1650 v4 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-5960X. Also, the Xeon E5-1650 v4 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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.