Intel Core i7-6600U vs Intel Core i7-960

Core i7-6600U vs Core i7-960 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-960 is faster than the Core i7-6600U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6600U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-960 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i7-6600U has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6600U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-960 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-6600U. Also, the Core i7-960 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6600U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-960 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 i7-6600U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.