Intel Core i7-6500U vs Intel Core i7-950

Core i7-6500U vs Core i7-950 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-950 is faster than the Core i7-6500U. Despite this, the Core i7-6500U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-950 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i7-6500U has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6500U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-950 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-6500U. Also, the Core i7-950 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6500U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-950 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-6500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.