Intel Core i7-6950X vs Intel Core i5-12450H

Core i7-6950X vs Core i5-12450H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12450H is faster 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 i5-12450H. Indeed, the Core i7-6950X has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i5-12450H. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12450H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-6950X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12450H. Despite this, the Core i5-12450H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12450H outputs less heat than Core i7-6950X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i7-6950X has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-12450H. The Core i7-6950X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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