Intel Core i7-6850K vs Intel Core i7-5960X

Core i7-6850K vs Core i7-5960X comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-5960X is faster than the Core i7-6850K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6850K 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 Core i7-6850K that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6850K. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-6850K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-5960X. Also, the Core i7-6850K 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.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-6850K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.