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

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5504 points
5640 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6279 points
8677 points
38% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5261 points
9% slightly better multitasking score
4783 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5214 points
12% slightly better heavy workload score
4629 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

185.36 points
42% slightly higher Blender score
130.38 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
25% slightly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
66% significantly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
36% slightly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz
4.8 GHz
37% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

40
42% many more pcie lanes
28

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
33% slightly more supported memory
96 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2.5 MiB
7 MiB
180% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB
108% significantly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

296th of 1,092
286th of 1,092

Family

The product line

Core X-series
Core (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 May
2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

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