Intel Core i7-5960X vs Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4

Compare Intel Core X-series 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

Benchmark Score
Other Benchmarks
Specifications
Comments (0)
Popular Comparisons

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5462 points

9% slightly better overall score

4970 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6552 points

35% slightly better gaming score

4831 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5074 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

5013 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4955 points

5022 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Core i7-5960X and the Xeon E5-2650 v4? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Download CPU Benchmark

Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.38 points

147.11 points

4% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7331 points

173% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2679 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1235 points

122% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

554 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7412 points

141% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3070 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1302 points

96% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

661 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% 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

20% slightly higher turbo speed

2.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W

105 W

33% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

298th of 1,089

353rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Xeon E5 v4 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August

2016 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-5960X vs Xeon E5-2650 v4 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-5960X is faster than the Xeon E5-2650 v4. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2650 v4 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2650 v4 has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i7-5960X has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-5960X. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-5960X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2650 v4. Also, the Core i7-5960X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E5-2650 v4 outputs less heat than Core i7-5960X thanks to a 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.