Intel Core i7-6950X vs Intel Core 5 210H

Core i7-6950X vs Core 5 210H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core 5 210H performs better than the Core i7-6950X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6950X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-6950X has slightly more cores than the Core 5 210H. Indeed, the Core i7-6950X has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core 5 210H. It also has more threads than the Core 5 210H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-6950X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 5 210H. Despite this, the Core 5 210H has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core 5 210H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-6950X. Despite this, the Core i7-6950X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core 5 210H.

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 i7-6950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.