Intel Core i7-5960X vs Intel Xeon W-11855M

Compare Intel Core X-series 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon W 6 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

3% slightly better overall score

5286 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6552 points

7503 points

14% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5074 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

4615 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4955 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

4471 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.38 points

16% slightly higher Blender score

121.37 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7412 points

7586 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1302 points

1985 points

52% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz

3.2 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

4.9 GHz

40% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W

45 W

211% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

100% 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

128 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

298th of 1,089

312th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Xeon W

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August

2021 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-5960X vs Xeon W-11855M comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon W-11855M beats the Core i7-5960X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-5960X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-5960X has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Xeon W-11855M has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon W-11855M. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon W-11855M has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-5960X. Also, the Xeon W-11855M has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon W-11855M outputs less heat than Core i7-5960X thanks to a significantly 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.