Intel Core i7-6950X vs Intel Core i7-1255U

Core i7-6950X vs Core i7-1255U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-6950X beats the Core i7-1255U in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-1255U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-6950X has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-6950X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-1255U. Despite this, the Core i7-1255U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-1255U 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. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-1255U has more L2 cache than the Core i7-6950X. Despite this, the Core i7-6950X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-1255U.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-6950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.