Intel Core i7-6950X vs Intel Core i5-1350P

Core i7-6950X vs Core i5-1350P benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-6950X performs better than the Core i5-1350P. Despite this, the Core i5-1350P has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-1350P has slightly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i7-6950X that has 10 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-6950X has more threads than the Core i5-1350P. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-6950X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-1350P. Despite this, the Core i5-1350P has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i5-1350P 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 i5-1350P.

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.